Things Fall Apart, part I: vocab, terms, and characters

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Across
  1. 3. demanding; difficult
  2. 4. to make amends
  3. 6. Okonkwo's youngest wife, whom he beats during the week of peace
  4. 7. Okonkwo's father
  5. 8. a person or place believed to reveal messages from a god or spirit
  6. 10. wishing harm to others
  7. 13. lacking; empty of
  8. 21. intended for a chosen few
  9. 22. bravery; valor; exceptional skills
  10. 23. Okonkwo's close and trusted friend
  11. 24. persons or things that announce what will follow
  12. 25. wild disorder, noise, or confusion
  13. 28. overbearing; arrogant; domineering
  14. 30. just beginning to exist or come to notice
  15. 34. approval
  16. 35. a person sent on a mission
  17. 36. lacking foresight or thrift
  18. 37. an African tree whose nuts contain caffeine and yield a flavorful extract
  19. 38. to pretend
  20. 39. final; utmost
  21. 41. an expression of grief, as by weeping and wailing
  22. 47. comforted; made less sad
  23. 49. hesitant
  24. 51. a final demand whose rejection ends negotiation and leads to a use of force or other strong action
  25. 52. a woman or a man who has taken no titles
  26. 53. gloomy; sulky
  27. 54. brightly colored, glossy mollusk shells used as money in parts of Africa and Asia
  28. 55. to perceive or recognize; to make out clearly
Down
  1. 1. a masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village
  2. 2. Okonkwo's oldest son
  3. 3. graceful and persuasive in speech or writing
  4. 5. Okonkwo's only daughter with Ekwefi
  5. 8. The daughter of Okonkwo's first wife
  6. 9. accidental; unintentional
  7. 11. curtness; rough and abrupt manner
  8. 12. tied
  9. 14. a period of time between; meantime
  10. 15. a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother's womb
  11. 16. a dry, dusty wind that blows from the Sahara to the Atlantic coast of Africa during the cool months
  12. 17. about to happen; imminent
  13. 18. powerful
  14. 19. stubborn; persevering; refusing to give up
  15. 20. the act of sharing thoughts and feelings with others; and intimate relationship with deep understanding
  16. 26. something hateful and disgusting
  17. 27. one's personal god
  18. 29. tending to change suddenly and without reason; whimsical; flighty
  19. 31. A priestess dedicated to the Oracle of the goddess Agbala
  20. 32. emotionally moving
  21. 33. worthless man
  22. 36. Okonkwo's 'adopted' son
  23. 40. quickness and ease of movement
  24. 41. growing abundantly; lush; teeming
  25. 42. inner organs; intestines; guts
  26. 43. trembling
  27. 44. complex; elaborately detailed; hard to follow
  28. 45. wrong; faulty; improper
  29. 46. Okonkwo's second wife and former village beauty
  30. 48. to damage by cutting off an important part; to maim or injure
  31. 50. talkative