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Things Fall Apart - Vocabulary Refresher

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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.
Question 1
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Question 4
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How could you use 'approbation' in describing a plot point involving Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart?

Question 5
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How could you use 'tremulous' to describe Ikemefuna?

Question 6
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Question 7
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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.

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?
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Which character could be described as 'improvident' in Things Fall Apart?
Obierika
Uchendu
Okwonko
Unoka