Things Fall Apart: Part 1 Vocab.

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Haggard

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appearing worn and exhausted; gaunt

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plaintive

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expressing sorrow; mournful/ melancholy

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mirth

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happiness or enjoyment, especially with laughter

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prowess

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extraordinary valor and ability in combat

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amiss

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incorrect, inappropriate, or not as it should be

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capricious

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tending to make sudden unexpected changes

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idleness

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laziness characterized by an unwillingness to work.

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incipient

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beginning to appear or develop

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abomination

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something that is immoral, disgusting, or shameful

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meagre

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unsatisfactory in quantity, substance, or size