Things Fall Apart Vocab

coiffure

the arrangement of the hair

improvident

not provident, not providing for the future

callow

young and inexperienced

pestle

a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar

harbinger

something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

esoteric

confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner cirlce

voluble

marked by a ready flow of speech

effeminate

having unsuitable feminine qualites

inipient

only parly in existence; perfectly formed

specious

plausible but false

deft

skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

listless

lacking zest or vivacity

atone

turn away from sin or do penitence

ultimatum

a final peremptory demand

plait

a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

wily

marked by skill in deception

plaintive

expressing sorrow

luxuriant

porduced or growing in extreme abundance

emissary

someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

poignant

keenly distressing to the remind or feelings

dogged

stubbornly unyielding

capricious

determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

tremulous

quivering as from weakness or fear

subdue

put down by force or intimidation

arduous

characterized by effort to point of exhaustion; especially physical effor

imperious

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

haggard

showing the wearing effects of over word or car or suffering

clamber

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

prowess

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

benevolent

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

dialect

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific hours of people

kindred

a group of people related by blood or marriage

vigor

forceful exertion

potent

having or wielding force or authority

tumult

a state of commmotion and noise and confusion