Things fall apart vocab

improvident

not supplying something useful for the future

potent

having or wielding force or authority

capricious

determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity

arduous

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

poignant

keenly distressing to the mind or feelings

harbinger

something indicating the approach of something or someone

copious

large in number or quantity

specious

plausible but false

esoteric

understandable only by an enlightened inner circle

tremulous

quivering as from weakness or fear

requisite

necessary for relief or supply

callow

young and inexperienced

derisive

expressing contempt or ridicule

expedient

appropriate to a purpose

clamour

utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

wan

pale, as of a person's complexion

palaver

loud and confused and empty talk

sonorous

full and loud and deep

degenerate

a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable

superfluous

more than is needed, desired, or required