Things Fall Apart: Part 1 Vocab.

Haggard

• beginning to appear or develop

• appearing worn and exhausted; gaunt

• extraordinary valor and ability in combat

• expressing sorrow; mournful/ melancholy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

plaintive

• something that

  is immoral, disgusting, or shameful

• tending to make

  sudden unexpected changes

• to make reparation for

  a sin or a mistake

• expressing sorrow; mournful/ melancholy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

mirth

• something that

  is immoral, disgusting, or shameful

• happiness or enjoyment,

  especially accompanied by laughter

• appearing worn

  and exhausted; gaunt

• incorrect,

  inappropriate, or not as it should be

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

prowess

• causing a sharp

  sense of sadness, pity, or regret

• in a quick, smooth,

  and skillful way

• extraordinary valor

  and ability in combat

• incorrect,

  inappropriate, or not as it should be

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

amiss

• incorrect,

  inappropriate, or not as it should be

• expressing sorrow;

  mournful or melancholy

• happiness or enjoyment,

  especially accompanied by laughter

• something that

  is immoral, disgusting, or shameful

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

capricious

• a cry of sorrow

  and grief

• a frame or stand

  with three legs that are usually

  collapsible

• tending to make

  sudden unexpected changes

• reluctant to

  spend money

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

idleness

• beginning to

  appear or develop

• a mistake or

  misstep in a plan

• in a slow, hesitant,

  and careful way that reveals a lack of

  confidence

• laziness

  characterized by an unwillingness to do

  any work

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

incipient

• unsatisfactory in

  quantity, substance, or size

• beginning to

  appear or develop

• tending to make

  sudden unexpected changes

• in a quick, smooth,

  and skillful way

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

abomination

• something that

  is immoral, disgusting, or shameful

• happiness or enjoyment,

  especially accompanied by laughter

• a mistake or

  misstep in a plan

• expressing sorrow;

  mournful or melancholy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

meagre

• in a slow, hesitant,

  and careful way that reveals a lack of

  confidence

• in a quick, smooth,

  and skillful way

• tending to make

  sudden unexpected changes

• unsatisfactory in

  quantity, substance, or size

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4