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Vocabulary Enricher

Vocabulary Enricher. Things Fall Apart So Young Park Chapter 19-25. Synonym: plant roots,. Sentence: Cassava is cultivated for its edible starchy root which is a major source of carbohydrates. Cassava. Definition: woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) native to South America.

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Vocabulary Enricher

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  1. Vocabulary Enricher Things Fall Apart So Young Park Chapter 19-25

  2. Synonym: plant roots, Sentence: Cassava is cultivated for its edible starchy root which is a major source of carbohydrates. Cassava Definition: woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) native to South America. Etymology: 1555, from Port. cassave, from Taino (Haiti) caçabi. Page number: page 143, par.5. Anonym: Cassava tree (not the roots as used in the context)

  3. Cassava This word comes up very often in the novel Things Fall Apart. When I looked up the meaning it meant a plant root that was commonly eaten in Africa. This word characterizes the unique and rural African setting of the story.

  4. Synonym: flexible, tough, durable Sentence: Harmattan winds come along with dust to the village. Resilient Definition: Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune Etymology: from the Spanishharmatán, which was the native (Twi) name in western Africa Anonym: rigid, inflexible Page number: page 148, par.1.

  5. Resilient This word evoked the image of a person who never gives up, like Okonkwo. Even when he was under the worst circumstances (the first year of his farming) he never gave up and became rich. This word can carry both negative and positive connotation. When it is used for natives’ resilient characteristics, it is positive but when it is used to refer to the whites who never give up their ambitions it might have negative connotation.

  6. Apologies for those who were eating…just don’t look at this for more than 2 seconds (I put the mosaic effect though) Synonym: repugnance, disgust Sentence: She had Frank, a perverse stalker, in abomination. Abomination Definition: something that is strongly hated or abominated, something that causes hatred or repugnance. Etymology: c.1325, "feeling of disgust, hatred, loathing," from O.Fr. abomination, from L. abominationem (nom. abominatio) Page number: page 148, par.2. Anonym: fondness, attraction

  7. Abomination Abomination is a very strong form of hatred which is often apparent in this story, including the hatred of villagers towards the whites who disparaged and ruined their civilization.

  8. Sentence: The priest solemnly preached about the faith in god. Synonym: lecture, sermonize Preach Etymology:late O.E. predician, a loan word from Church L., reborrowed 12c. as preachen, from O.Fr. prechier (11c.), from L.L. predicare "to proclaim publicly, announce" (in M.L. "to preach"), Definition: to deliver a sermon Anonym: gossip, chat, converse Page number: page 153, par.1.

  9. Preach I chose this word because it was specifically related to religion, which was a major theme of the book. This word makes me feel suddenly solemn because it evoked the image of a preacher seeking for the meaning of god.

  10. Sentence: Some overzealous fans followed the pop star’s every action. Synonym: fervent, passionate Overzealous Etymology: seeds have a papery skin enclosing them and the bumps of the seeds within this skin is reminiscent of an alligator's back Definition: north African spice that include the seeds and seed pods Page number: page 159, par.2. Anonym: indifferent, dull, sullen

  11. Overzealous This is a good word to describe someone who is excessively fervent. This word has slightly negative connotation, as it describes something as being too enthusiastic as to an extreme degree.

  12. Synonym: fight, brawl, fray, clash Sentence: The irate protestors got into scuffle with police force. Scuffle Etymology: 1768, from Scottish, probably from a Scand. source related to O.N. skufa, skyfa "to shove." Definition: a short disorganized fight Anonym: concord, harmony Page number: page 166, par.3.

  13. Scuffle This word fits in the story because manly villagers are likely to fight or scuffle. This word doesn’t make me think of bloody battle or any atrocities but rather closer image to skirmishes or random fights.

  14. Sentence: All his life, he growled his teeth with vengeance to his father who has abandoned him when he was young. Synonym: revenge, payback Vengeance Etymology: c.1400, hoveren, freq. of hoven "hover, tarry, linger" (c.1250), of unknown origin, chiefly nautical at first, of ships standing off a coast. Definition: the act of killing, injuring, or harming someone for revenge Page number: page 171, 2 par. Anonym: blessing, benefits

  15. Vengeance Vengeance is common in any novels. It is the start of conflict that builds up the story. This word makes me feel of the internal anger piling up and readying for a chance to revenge against my enemy. This definitely carries negative connotation.

  16. Sentence: Farmers laid down bales of hay under the scorching sun of October afternoon. Synonym: pack, bundle, parcel Bale Definition: A large package of raw or finished material tightly bound with twine or wire and often wrapped Etymology: "large bundle or package," c.1325, from O.Fr. bale "rolled-up bundle," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. balla "ball") Anonym: a piece, one Page number: page 175, par. 2

  17. Bale I think this word is appropriate for describing th erural lifestyle of Umuofia. Just as I have used bale of hay in the previous slide, this word makes me feel of simple civilization.

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