Things Fall Apart Vocab
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- uncanny
- adj: eerie: too strange or unlikely to seem merely natural or human
- dispensation
- noun: exemption: exemption or release from a rule or obligation, especially a religious one
- oracle
- noun: source of wisdom: somebody or something considered to be a source of knowledge, wisdom, or prophecy
- compensation
- noun: money in payment for loss: an amount of money or something else given to pay for loss, damage, or work done; amends: something that makes amends or makes up for something else
- expedient
- adj: appropriate: appropriate, advisable, or useful in a situation that requires action; advantageous: advantageous for practical rather than moral reasons
- abomination
- noun: something horrible: an object of intense disapproval or dislike, or shameful
- zeal
- noun: enthusiasm: energetic and unflagging enthusiasm, especially for a cause or idea
- benevolent
- adj: kind: showing kindness or goodwill; charitable: performing good or charitable acts and not seeking to make a profit
- resilient
- adjective: recovering quickly: able to recover quickly from setbacks
- prosperity
- noun: success: the condition of enjoying wealth, success, or good fortune
- ferociously
- adj: fierce: very fierce or savage
- arrogant
- adj: proudly contemptuous: feeling or showing self-importance and contempt or disregard for others
- emissary
- noun: representative: an agent or representative sent on a particular mission
- pandemonium
- noun: chaos: wild uproar and chaos
- sinister
- adj: suggesting evil: threatening or suggesting malevolence, menace, or harm
- desecrated
- verb: damage something revered: to damage something that is held dear or revered
- capricious
- adj: given to sudden changes: tending to make sudden unexpected changes
- wrath
- noun: great anger: strong anger, often with a desire for revenge
- flourish
- verb: be healthy or grow well: to be strong and healthy or grow well, especially because conditions are right
- inadvertent
- adj: resulting from carelessness: done unintentionally or without thinking
- superfluous
- adj: more than necessary: in excess of what is needed
- lunatic
- adj: thoughtless: considered thoughtless, ridiculous, or reckless
- wan
- adj: indicative of low spirits: suggesting ill health or unhappiness
- ultimatum
- noun: final demand: a demand accompanied by a threat to inflict some penalty if the demand is not met
- desolate
- adj: empty: bare, uninhabited, and deserted