things fall apart context Flashcards
It was also the dumping ground for the potent _____ of great medicine men when they died
fetishes
And then it became known that the white man’s _____ had unbelievable power
fetish
now and again a full-chested _____ rose above the wailing whenever a man came into the place of death
lamentation
younger men gave way and the _____ subsided
tumult
As the smoke rose into the sky kites appeared from different directions and hovered over the burning field in silent _____
valediction
They were the _____ sent to survey the land
harbingers
All cooking pots, _____, and wooden bowls were thoroughly washed
calabash
drinking palm wine ______ly
copious
The young ____ were protected from earth heat with rings of sisal leaves
tendrils
The egwugwu house was now a _____ of quavering voices
pandemonium
greeted themselves in their _____ language
esoteric
she wore a ____ which was done up into a crest in the middle of the head
coiffure
the sickness was an ______ to the earth
abomination
Nwoye would ____ annoyance and grumble aloud about women and their troubles
feign
men of Umofia talked and laughed about the locusts, about their women, and about some _____ men who had refused to come with them
effeminate
I am Fire-that-burns-without-_____
faggots
Nwoye, was then twelve years old but was already causing his father a great anxiety for his _____ laziness
incipient
Nwoye’s _____ mind was greatly puzzled
callow
There was a loud murmur of _____ from the crowd
approbation
Her husband’s wife took this for _____, as husband’s wives were wont to
malevolence
the cold and dry _____ wind was blowing down from the north
harmattan
they came in the cold _____ season after the harvests had been gathered
harmattan
In his day he was lazy and _____ and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow
improvident
The moon must be preparing to rise, its _____ over
sullenness
