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"Now and again an ancestral spirit or egwugwu appeared from the underworld, speaking in a tremulous, unearthly voice and completely covered in raffia."
Definition- quivering as from weakness or fear

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"As the evening drew near, the shouting and the firing of guns, the beating of drums and the brandishing and clanging of machetes increased."
Definition- move or swing back and forth

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"They argued for a short while and fell into silence again, and the elusive dance rose and fell with the wind."
Definition- skillful at evading capture

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"Okonkwo was provoked to justifiable anger by his youngest wife, who went to plait her hair at her friend's house and did not return early enough to cook the afternoon meal."
Definition- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

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"That was why Okonkwo had been Chosen by the nine villages to carry a message of war to their enemies unless they agreed to give up a young man and a virgin to atone for the murder of Udo's wife."
Definition- turn away from sin or do penitence

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"In that way she will elude her wicked tormentor and break its evil cycle of birth and death."
Definition- escape, either physically or mentally

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"The water began to boil, and in one deft movement she lifted the pot from the fire and poured the boiling water over the fowl."
Definition- skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

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"Okonkwo's first son, Nwoye, was then
twelve years old but was already causing his father great anxiety for his incipient laziness."
Definition- only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

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"At the beginning of their journey the men of Umuofia talked and laughed about the locusts, about their women, and about some effeminate men who had refused to come with them."
Definition- having unsuitable feminine qualities

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"Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered".
Definition- regard with feelings of respect

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"The interpreter explained each verse to the audience, some of whom now stood enthralled."
Definition-  hold spellbound

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"It was deeper and more intimate than the fear of evil and capricious gods and of magic, the fear of the forest, and of the forces of nature, malevolent, red in tooth and claw."
Definition- wishing or appearing to wish evil to others

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"...just emerged from the earth, greeted themselves in their esoteric language."
Definition- understandable only by an enlightened inner circle

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"The house was now a pandemonium of quavering voices:.."
Definition- a state of extreme confusion and disorder

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"They were the harbingers sent to survey the land."
Definition- something indicating the approach of something or someone

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"Okonkwo had committed the female, because it had been inadvertent"
pg 110
Definition- you don't achieve you plan that was thought out a lot

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"whenever the moon forsook evening and rose at the cock-craw"
pg 84
Definition- abandoned or left alone

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"He spoke in his aemons about sheep and goats and about tares."
pg 158
Definition- a baby wheat plant

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"the spirit of the clan was pacified"
pg 164
definiton- quell the anger, agitation or the excitement of something important

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"The priestess voice came at longer intervals now, but its vigor was undiminished."
pg 92
Definiton- physical strength and good health

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"She wore a coiffure which was done up into a crest in the middle of the head."
pg 62
deffiniton- a certain hairstyle

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"He had one consolation" pg 20
Definiton- person or thing providing comfort to a person who has suffered