Things Fall Apart Chapters 11-15 Vocab

Question 0

Cunning

Answer 0

Skill in achieving ones end by trickery

Question 1

Benumb

Answer 1

Take away physical or emotional feeling

Question 2

Delectable

Answer 2

Food or drink that is very good

Question 3

Eaves

Answer 3

The part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building

Question 4

Forsake

Answer 4

To abandon

Question 5

Incipient

Answer 5

Beginning to happen or develop

Question 6

Looming

Answer 6

A shadow form, especially one that is large and threatening

Question 7

Plumage

Answer 7

A birds feathers collectively

Question 8

Potent

Answer 8

Having great power, influence, or effect

Question 9

Sinister

Answer 9

Giving the impression that something harmful or evil will happen

Question 10

Vigor

Answer 10

Physical strength and good health

Question 11

Voluble

Answer 11

Speaking of or spoken fluently or a lot

Question 12

Beckon

Answer 12

To make a gesture with a hand or head for someone to follow

Question 13

Dully

Answer 13

In accordance with what is required or appropriate

Question 14

Prominent

Answer 14

Important or famous

Question 15

Spare

Answer 15

Additional to what is required for ordinary use

Question 16

Befitting

Answer 16

Suitable or proper

Question 17

Brandish

Answer 17

Wave or flourish as a threat in anger or excitement

Question 18

Calamity

Answer 18

An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress

Question 19

Delirious

Answer 19

In a disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication

Question 20

Grievous

Answer 20

Very severe or serious

Question 21

Inadvertent

Answer 21

Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning, on accident

Question 22

Infirm

Answer 22

Not physically or mentally strong, especially through age or sickness

Question 23

Sediment

Answer 23

Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid

Question 24

Sickly

Answer 24

Often sick, in poor health

Question 25

Transfix

Answer 25

Cause someone to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment

Question 26

Wrath

Answer 26

Extreme anger

Question 27

Bidding

Answer 27

The offering of a particular price for an item, especially at an auction

Question 28

Bowed

Answer 28

Bent downward and forward

Question 29

Diffuse

Answer 29

Spread or cause to spread over a wide area of among a large number of people

Question 30

Mirthless

Answer 30

Lacking real amusement and typically expressing irony

Question 31

Ominous

Answer 31

Giving the impression that something harmful or unpleasant is going to happen

Question 32

Woeful

Answer 32

Tragic, sad, or causing sorrow or misery