Things Fall Apart #21-40 Flashcards

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Discord

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Lack of agreement, tension

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Discern

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To differentiate between two or more things

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Dispatch

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To send away with promptness or speed;speed, quickness

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Enthralling

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Captivating, spellbinding

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Esoteric

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Understood only by a small group or a select few

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Exacting

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Demanding

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Expedient

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Appropriate for a purpose but not necessarily moral,right or just

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Feint

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A false appearance

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Ferment

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State of agitation

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Ferocity

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Savagery

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Flourish

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To thrive, to grow well

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Fugitive

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A person who is elusive or hard to find

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Grievous

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Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow

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Harbingers

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Things that precede and forecast

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Idolatry

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Worships of idols, excessive devotion

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Imperious

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Extremely overbearing

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Improvidence

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Not providing for the future

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Impudent

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Disrespectful

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Incipient

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Beginning to come into being, the early stage of something

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Kindle

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To start a fire