Things Fall Apart Vocabulary Part III (Chapters 20-25)
Indignity - (175) humiliate; insult
They were grieved by the indignity and mourned for their neglected farms.
Expedient – (178) promoting a purpose; suitable or proper for purpose
Everything was possible, he told his energetic flock, but everything was not expedient.
Clamoring – (184) a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people
To fill the Lord’s holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of
everlasting consequence.
Folly – (184) foolish action, idea, practice, etc.
To fill the Lord’s holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of
everlasting consequence.
Bereaved – (185) greatly saddened by being deprived by the death of a loved one
Enoch’s devotion to the new faith had seemed so much greater than Mr. Brown’s that the
villagers called him the outsider who wept louder than the bereaved.
Haste – (185) quick in action; hurried
Enoch was short and slight of build, and always seemed in great haste.
Desecrated – (186) to treat disrespectfully, irreverently, or outrageously
The other egwugwu immediately surrounded their desecrated companion, to shield him from
the profane gaze of women and children, and led him away.
Pacified – (191) to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquility; calm
And for the moment the spirit of the clan was pacified.
Sullen – (194) gloomy; ill-humored
The six men remained sullen and silent and the Commisioner left them for a while.
Superfluous – (206) excessive; unnecessary; needless
One of the most infuriating habits of these people was their love of superfluous words, he
thought.