Unit 3 Vocabulary: Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)

approbation

approval or praise

brusque

abrupt or offhand in speech or manner

discern

perceive or recognize; distinguish with difficulty by sight or other senses

discordant

disagreeing; characterized by quarreling and conflict; (of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony

elusive

difficult to find, catch, or achieve; difficulty to remember or recall

harbinger

a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another

irreparable

(of an injury or loss) impossible to rectify or repair

prowess

skill or expertise in a particular activity or field

revere

feel deep respect or admiration for (something)

specious

superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleadingly attractive

superfluous

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

trifle

a thing of little value or importance to treat (someone or something) without the seriousness or respect