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English: YEAR VOCAB

Terms

undefined, object
copy deck
Disparage
speak badly of
Excruciating
unbearably painful
Bewildered
confused
Cassava
root veggie, aka manioc, use in foo-foo
Sisal
fiber for rope
Humane
marked by compassion
Spendthrift
foolishly generous person
Frivolous
trivial, silly
Impulsive
hasty
Evasions
avoidances
Harmattan
dry, dusty win from Sahara
Luxuriant
lush, teeming, abundantly
Grandees
people of high rank
Compulsory
mandatory
Subordinate
inferior
Proclaiming
declaring
Improvident
lacking foresight or thrift
Prowess
bravery or skill
Pottage
soup/stew with or without meat
Indiscriminately
randomly
Squander
spend wastefully
Retribution
retaliation
Grafter
unscrupulous person
Impending
imminent
Imperious
overbearing or arrogant
Brusqueness
curt, rough, abrupt
Harbingers
announce what will follow
Emaciated
thin and feeble
Indiscreet
not wise
Disreputable
dishonorable
Alligator pepper
spice, aka wild ginger
Renounce
give up, refuse, resign, (in formal declaration)
Contraband
illegal goods
Naturalistic
primitive
Foo-foo
dough of mashed yams or cassava
Capricious
whimsical or flighty
Caprice
a sudden change of mind because of a whim
Intolerable
unendurable
Calculating
cunning
Palm wine
sweet wine from sap of raffia palm tree
Arable
fit for growing crops
Tactless
undiplomatic
Hypocrite
poser
Kola nut
outside like green grapefruit, inside silver or pink- caffeine
Abomination
something hateful or disgusting
Communion
sharing thoughts and feelings
Prostrate
stretched out w/ face on ground (b/c adoration/submission)
Prodigal
extravagant person
Trespass
illegally enter property
Proprieties
decencies
Coco-yam
large leafed plant w/ tubers, taro in Asia
Kite
a type of bird
Calabash
dried hollow shells of gourds

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