Things fall apart vocab

Question 1

An inanimate object worshipped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit.

Answer 1

Fetish

Question 2

the passionate expression of sorrow or grief; weeping

Answer 2

lamentation

Question 3

a loud, confused noise, esp. one caused by a large mass of people

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tumult

Question 4

a statement or address made as a farewell

Answer 4

valediction

Question 5

a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another

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harbingers

Question 6

a gourd from the calabash tree

Answer 6

calabash

Question 7

abundant in supply or quantity

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copious

Question 8

a slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines around any suitable support

Answer 8

tendrils

Question 9

wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos

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pandemonium

Question 10

understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest

Answer 10

esoteric

Question 11

a style of arranging or combining the hair

Answer 11

coiffure

Question 12

a thing that causes disgust or hatred

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abomination

Question 13

pretend to be affected by

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feign

Question 14

having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly

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effeminate

Question 15

a bundle of sticks or twigs, esp. when bound together and used as fuel

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faggot

Question 16

in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop

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incipient

Question 17

inexperienced and immature

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callow

Question 18

approval; commendation

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approbation

Question 19

ill will; malice; hatred

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malevolence

Question 20

a dry, dusty easterly or northeasterly wind on the West African coast, occurring from December to February

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harmattan

Question 21

not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless

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improvident

Question 22

bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

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sullenness

Question 23

lacking real amusement and typically expressing irony

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mirthless

Question 24

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

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capricious

Question 25

expressing contempt or ridicule

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derisive

Question 26

exclude someone from a society or group

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ostracize

Question 27

exemption from a rule or usual requirement

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dispensation

Question 28

an abstract but perceptible thing that issues or originates from a source

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emanation