Things Fall Apart Flashcards
Approbation
Praise or approval
Benevolent
Generous and kind
Malevolent
Desiring to harm another
Callow
Immature, lacking sophistication
Capricious
Changing suddenly, impossible to predict, acting on impulse rather than on reason
Delectable
Delicious, highly pleasing
Enthrall
Hold as spellbound; to hold attention by being extremely attractive or exciting
Esoteric
Understood only by a certain group; hard to understand
Guttural
Sound formed in the throat; usually considered strange or unattractive
Harbinger
Something that foreshadows what is to come
Improvident
Not providing or saving for the future
Incipient
Beginning to develop or exist
Malicious
Intending to cause harm to another
Specious
Falsely appearing to be fair, just, right or true
Sprightly
Full of life and energy, lively