Vocab for Things Fall Apart

Question 1

Valediction

Answer 1

A farewell oration

(a statement or address made at or as a farewell)

Question 2

Coiffure

Answer 2

the arrangement of the hair

Question 3

Incipient

Answer 3

only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

Question 4

Wherewithal

Answer 4

the necessary means (especially financial means)

Question 5

Emissary

Answer 5

someone sent to represent another’s interests

Question 6

Tethered

Answer 6

confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain

Question 7

Capricious

Answer 7

determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity

Question 8

emanation

Answer 8

the act of emitting; causing to flow forth

Question 9

guttural

Answer 9

relating to or articulated in the throat

Question 10

Miscreant

Answer 10

a person without moral scruples

Question 11

Specious

Answer 11

plausible but false

Question 12

Taut

Answer 12

pulled or drawn tight

Question 13

brusqueness

Answer 13

an abrupt discourteous manner

Question 14

Voluble

Answer 14

marked by a ready flow of speech

(a person talking fluently or readily)

Question 15

Sonorous

Answer 15

full and loud and deep

Question 16

derision

Answer 16

the act of treating with contempt

Question 17

espy

Answer 17

catch sight of

Question 18

disquiet

Answer 18

a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments

Question 19

buoyant

Answer 19

tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas

Question 20

tremulous

Answer 20

quivering as from weakness or fear

Question 21

feign

Answer 21

make believe with the intent to decieve

Question 22

superfluous

Answer 22

more than is needed, desired, or required

Question 23

grievance

Answer 23

a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment

Question 24

impudent

Answer 24

improperly forward or bold

Question 25

Dominion

Answer 25

control or power through legal authority

Question 26

Splendor

Answer 26

the quality of being magnificent or grand

Question 27

requisite

Answer 27

necessary for relief or supply

Question 28

mirthless

Answer 28

lacking mirth

Question 29

calamity

Answer 29

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

Question 30

sullenness

Answer 30

a gloomy ill-tempered feeling

Question 31

tumult

Answer 31

a state of commotion and noise and confusion

Question 32

heathen

Answer 32

a person who does not acknowledge your god

Question 33

diviner

Answer 33

someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers

Question 34

parsonage

Answer 34

housing that a church provides for its clergy

Question 35

dynamism

Answer 35

active strength of body or mind

Question 36

esoteric

Answer 36

understandable only by an enlightened inner circle

Question 37

harbinger

Answer 37

something indicating the approach of something or someone