Things Fall Apart - Vocabulary 1-32

intoxicating

exciting (adjective)

prophecy

a prediction (noun)

disembody

to free a soul from the body (verb)

feign

pretend (verb)

copiously

abundantly, plentiful (adverb)

rebuke

to criticize sharply, reprimand (verb)

defiant

resistant, obnoxious (adjective)

pandemonium

a wild uproar (noun)

esoteric

difficult to understand, unusual (adjective)

approbation

approval, praise (noun)

improvident

unconcerned about future events, not sensible (adjective)

impending

happening soon (adjective)

plaintive

melancholy, quietly expressing suffering (adjective)

brisk

keenly alert, lively, fresh (adjective)

amiss

wrongly, astray, out of order/faulty (adverb/adjective)

uncanny

weird (adjective)

vibrant

lively (adjective)

imperious

befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments, commanding (adjective)

capricious

impulsive, unpredictable (adjective)

incipient

about to happen, beginning (adjective)

abomination

something horrible, immoral, or shameful (noun)

contemptible

hated (adjective)

consolation

comfort, help (noun)

brusqueness

harshness (noun)

cowry

shell used for money in Ibo culture (noun)

repentant

experiencing repentance or expressive of repentance (regret, guilt) - (adjective)

valediction

expressing or containing a farewell (noun)

dynamism

energy, activity (noun)

arduous

difficult (adjective)

poignant

moving, touching, heartwarming (adjective)

prowess

distinguished bravery, especially military valor and skill; extraordinary ability (noun)

harmattan

a dry, dusty easterly or northeasterly wind on the West African coast (noun)