Things Fall Apart Vocab

Improvident

not providing for the future; careless with money

Plaintive

mournful and expressing sorrow

Mirth

gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter

Discern 

to differentiate between two things; to perceive; to detect; to recognize or comprehend mentally 

Imperious

bossy, arrogant; seeking to dominate

Copious

abundant

Malevolence

ill will or evil intentions 

Incipient

beginning to come into being; the early stage of something

Benevolence

kindness, generosity, charity

Feign 

to give a false appearance; to assert as if true  

Harbinger

something that foreshadows a future event