THINGS FALL APART

improvident

not having or showing foresight

Potent

havig or weilding force or authority

capricious

given to sudden and unaccountable changes in mood or behavior

arduous

involving or requiring signifanct effort

poignant

evoking a keenly felt sense of emotion, espically sadness or bitterness

harbringer

something indicating the approach of something or someone

copious

large in number or quality

specious

plausible but false

esoteric

understandable only by an enlightned inner circle

tremulous

quivering as from weakness or fear

requisite

a thing that is necessary for the achievement of a specified end

callow

yoing and inexperianced

derisive

expressing contempt or ridcule

expedient

(of an action) convient and practical although possible improper or immoral

clamor

utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

wan

pale, as of a persons completion

palaver

unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure

sonorous

(of a persons voice or other sound) imposing deep and full

degenerate

a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable

superflous

more than is needed, desierd, or required