Things fall apart Flashcards
Wily
Sharp (Slug)
Pounce
Jump (in an attack) (Slå till)
Improvident
wasteful (improvident)
Gourds
A round fruit whose outer shell can be used as a container (kalebass)
Folly
foolishness (dårskap)
Cowries
a small shiny shell that was used in the past as money in parts of Africa and Asia
Loafer
layabout (dagdrivare
Plaintive
a plaintive sound is high, like someone crying, and sounds sad (sorglig låt)
Revered
respected (Vördad)
Amiss
faulty (fel)
Discerned
perceive( urskilja)
Trill
a musical sound made by quickly moving between two notes
Gnashed
Gnash your teeth (gnissla)
Capricious
inconstant (Nyckfull)
Malevolent
A malevolent person wants to harm other people. SYN: evil
Idleness
laziness (Sysslolöshet)
Roost
if a bird roosts, it rests or sleeps somewhere
Incipient
beginning (Begynnande)
Dogged
determined (Envis)
Afflicted
tormented (Drabbad)
Contemptible
Despicable (Föraktlig)
Fowl
A bird, such as a chicken, that’s used for meat and eggs.
Dregs
A small amount of a drink, sometimes with bits in it, left at the bottom of a cup.
Stingy
Miserly (Snål)
Meagre
inadequate (mager)
Tendrils
A thin leafless curling stem (climbing plant.)
Smouldering
burns slowly without a flame (Pyrande)
Torrents
flood (torrent)
Tubers
A round swollen part on the stem of some plants, such as the potato (rotknöl)
Ailing
Ill ( Sjuklig)
brusqueness
Aprubt (bryskhet)
Inwardly
Internally ( Invärtes)
Ordained
commanded (bestämt)
Repentant
regretful (ångerfull)
Valediction
Farewell (Valediction)
Deftly
A deft movement is skilful and usually quick (skickligt)
Disquieting
Causing anxiety (oroväckande)
Exacting
demanding a lot of effort (krävande
Arduous
Involving a lot of strenght and effort (mödosam)
Poignant
touching (Gripande)
Splendour
prakt (magnificence)
Calabashes
Fruit that can be dried out and used as container
Mortar
A stone bowl in which substances are crushed (mortel)
Revelled
feast (Frostade)
Pottage
soup
gyre
to move in a circle or spiral (virvel)
interim
temporary (tillfällig)
dog
to follow close behind someone (jaga)
anklet
a ring or bracelet worn around your ankle
plait
braid (fläta)
dynamism
energy and determination to succeed (beslutsam)
frond
a leaf of a fern or palm (ormbunksblad)