Things Fall Apart Vocabulary Words

Things Fall Apart Vocabulary


gay (6)*
tragedy (9)*
uncanny (9)*
ultimate (11)
malevolent (13)*
capricious (13)
anxiety (13)*
malicious (21)*
meager (22)*
sympathized (23)*
brusqueness (26)*
benevolent (26)*
atone (27)*
deftly (32)*
dynamic (34)
reveled (38)*
frenetic (47)*
feign (52)*
espied (54)*
copiously (56)
audacity (76)*
inquire (77)*
manifest (81)*
submission (90)*
forsook (95)*
notorious (95)*
orator (97)*
vigor (104)*
ominous (140)*
captivated (147)
persevered (148)*
impudent (150)
ostracize (159)*
sufficient (165)*
amends (172)*
abundantly (172)*
indignity (175)*
idolatrous (184)*
pacified (191)


You may need to practice your morphology to see the connection to the Flocabulary list.

* word appears on previous list

Things Fall Apart Schedule

Reading Due Dates:

April 7: pp. 1-35, Chapters 1-4
April 8: pp. 35-51, Chapters 5-6
April 9: pp. 52-62, Chapter 7
April 12: pp. 63-86, Chapters 8-9
April 13: pp. 87-109, Chaps 10-11
April 14: pp. 110-125, Chaps 12-13
April 15: pp. 129-142, Chaps 14-15
April 16: pp. 143-161, Chaps 16-18
April 19: pp. 162-183, Chaps 19-21
April 20: pp. 184-209, Chaps 22-25


Wednesday, April 21: Multiple Choice Final Exam on the novel and the vocabulary words.

Friday, April 23: A brief essay due on the causes and effects of Okonkwo's tragic flaw and how Chinua Achebe uses that flaw to teach his readers a lesson about life (a theme).