Things Fall Apart - Vocabulary Refresher

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Things Fall Apart - Vocabulary Refresher

Last updated over 2 years ago

7 questions

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For our next class, we will have a vocabulary quiz on the terms introduced when we started reading Things Fall Apart. 

We are going to use this a vocabulary refresher to check to see what words we have learned and what ones are still unfamiliar to us. This does not include all of our vocabulary words, but it does contain a majority of them. 

Please do your best taking the refresher and do not use any outside sources.

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How could you use 'approbation' in describing a plot point involving Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart?

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How could you use 'tremulous' to describe Ikemefuna?

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Explain how your choice for question six is improvident. This explanation should include more rationale than "Character X is improvident." Make sure you include why or how they are improvident in the novel.

For our next class, we will have a vocabulary quiz on the terms introduced when we started reading Things Fall Apart. 

We are going to use this a vocabulary refresher to check to see what words we have learned and what ones are still unfamiliar to us. This does not include all of our vocabulary words, but it does contain a majority of them. 

Please do your best taking the refresher and do not use any outside sources.

Match the following words with their corresponding definitions.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
audacity		skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
impudent		marked by skill in deception
imperious		fearless daring
wily		having or showing arrogant superiority
deft		improperly forward or bold

Which definition best fits the term 'superfluous'?

Completely nonexistent

Lacking something needed

Being more than is sufficient or required

Of indispensable importance

What is a synonym for the term 'ostracize' used in Things Fall Apart?

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How could you use 'approbation' in describing a plot point involving Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart?

How could you use 'tremulous' to describe Ikemefuna?

Which character could be described as 'improvident' in Things Fall Apart?

Obierika

Uchendu

Okwonko

Unoka

Explain how your choice for question six is improvident. This explanation should include more rationale than "Character X is improvident." Make sure you include why or how they are improvident in the novel.

Match the following words with their corresponding definitions.

audacity

skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

impudent

marked by skill in deception

imperious

fearless daring

wily

having or showing arrogant superiority

deft

improperly forward or bold

Which definition best fits the term 'superfluous'?

Completely nonexistent

Lacking something needed

Being more than is sufficient or required

Of indispensable importance

What is a synonym for the term 'ostracize' used in Things Fall Apart?

Welcome

Exclude

Promote

Reward

Which character could be described as 'improvident' in Things Fall Apart?

Obierika

Uchendu

Okwonko

Unoka