Things Fall Apart Vocab (1-10)

Improvident

unconcerned about future events, not sensible

Impending

happening soon

Plaintive

melancholy; quietly expressing suffering

Brisk

keenly alert, lively, fresh

Amiss

wrongly, astray, out of order/faulty

Uncanny

weird

Vibrant

lively

Imperious

befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments, commanding

Capricious

impulsive, unpredictable

incipient

about to happen, beginning

abomination

something horrible, immoral, or shameful

contemptible

hated

consolation

comfort,help

brusqueness

harshness

cowry

shell used for money in Ibo culture

repentant

expressing repentance (regret or guilt)

valediction

expressing or containing a farewell

Dynamism

energy, activity

arduous

difficult

poignant

moving, touching, heartwarming

prowess

extraordinary ability

harmattan

a dry, dusty wind on the West African coast

Intoxicating

exciting

Prophecy

a prediction

Disembody

to free a soul from the body

Feign

pretend

Copiously

abundantly, plentifully

rebuke

criticize sharply, reprimand

defiant

resistant, obnoxious

pandemonium

a wild uproar

esoteric

difficult to understand, unusual

approbation

approval, praise

Capricious

impulsive, unpredictable