Things fall apart vocab

Wily skilled at gaining an advantage

seldom not often, rarely

folly lack of good sense, foolishness

haggard looking exhausted and unwell from fatigue

reclining leaning or lying back in relaxed position

impending event regarded as threatening

plaintive sounding sad or mournful

mirth amusement

perpendicular at an angle of 90

snuff estinguish

amiss not quite right

discerned distinguish with difficulty by sight or senses

overtone a subtle or subsidary quality, implications

interim the intervening time

perpetual never ending or changing

malevolent having or showing a wish to do evil to others

icipient beginning to happen/ person developing

dispute a disagreement or argument

beheld see or observe someone or something

proclaimed announce officially or publicily

tendrils a slender threadlike plant

afflicted cause pain or illness (of a problem or illness)

perch an object on which a bird roosts

fowl a bird

dregs the remnants of a liquid left in a container

perching sitting, resting

stingy mean, ungenerous

toil work extremely hard or incessantly

meagre lacking in quantity or quality

fending look after or provide for oneself

scorched burned by flames or heat

sial mexican plant

foresight the ability to predict what will happen

gorges a narrow valley between hills or mountains

prick make a small hole in something

brusqueness a slight rude manner of speaking

kindred ones family and relationa

benevolent well meaning and kindly

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