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World Literature
Vocabulary Study Guide: Things Fall Apart: List 4
Term | Definition |
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Persevered | To persists in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, discouragement; continue steadfastly. |
Miscreant | Depraved, villainous, or base. |
Degenerate | To fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate. |
Emanation | An act or instance of emanating. |
Ostracize | To exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation privileges, etc. |
Adherents | A person who follows or upholds a leader, cause etc. |
Indignity | An injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating, affront, insult, or injury. |
Expedient | Tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances. |
Accomodation | The act of accommodating; state or process of being accommodated; adaption. |
Deliberated | Carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional. |