improvident

In his day he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow.

haggard

He wore a haggard and mournful look except when he was drinking or playing his flute.

imperious

And so when Okonkwo of Umuofia arrived at Mbaino as the proud and imperious emissary of war, he was treated with great honor and respected, and two days later he returned home with a lad of fifteen and a young virgin.

brusqueness

But he was truck, as most people were, by Okonkwo's brusqueness in dealing with less successful men.

feign

Nwoye would feign annoyance and grumble aloud about women and their troubles.

harbingers

They were harbingers sent to survey the land.

malevolence

Her husband's wife took this for malevolence, as her husband's wives were won't to do.

esoteric

...the spirits of the ancestors, just emerged from the earth, greeted themselves in their esoteric language.

approbation

There was a loud murmur of approbation from the crowd.

impenetrably

The night was impenetrably dark.

eloquent

His speech was so eloquent that all the birds were glad they brought him, and nodded their heads in approval of all he said.

profound

Fireflies went about with their tiny green lamps, which only made the darkness more profound.

callow

Nwoye's callow mind was greatly puzzled.

ostracize

But let us ostracize these men.

flourish

He would return with a flourish and regain the seven wasted years.

resilient

But is was a resilient spirit, and in the end Okonkwo overcame his sorrow.

imminent

Enoch himself was greatly disappointed when he heard this, for he had hoped that a holy war was imminent.

discordant

Discordant bells clanged, machetes clashed and the air was full of dust and weird sounds.