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Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart. Vocabulary 1. Wily ( adj ) – cunning, crafty; marked by skillful deception Improvident ( adj ) - spend-thrift; thoughtless in providing for the future Plaintive ( adj ) – mournful; expressing sorrow Mirth (n) – happiness, gladness, usually with laughter

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Things Fall Apart

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  1. Things Fall Apart Vocabulary 1

  2. Wily (adj) – cunning, crafty; marked by skillful deception • Improvident (adj) - spend-thrift; thoughtless in providing for the future • Plaintive (adj) – mournful; expressing sorrow • Mirth (n) – happiness, gladness, usually with laughter • Discern (v) – to differentiate between two or more things; to detect differences

  3. Vibrant (adj) – full of life; lively and energetic • Dispatch (v) – to send away quickly • Imperious (adj) – extremely overbearing; arrogant; domineering • Perpetual (adj) – continuing in existence; continuing for a significant amount of time • Capricious (adj) – fickle; likely to change quickly for no obvious reason

  4. Malevolence (n) – evil intention • Incipient (adj) – at a beginning stage; just starting to happen or to develop • Contemptible (adj) – deserving of scorn or dislike • Tentative (adj) – uncertain; not fully worked-out • Malicious (adj) – wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; having ill-will or hatred towards others

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