Things Fall Apart Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. village gathering area and playing field
  2. 4. Fruit from a Kola tree
  3. 6. a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice
  4. 7. elders
  5. 9. A strong deep bowl in which substances are pounder or crushed with a pestle
  6. 10. given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
  7. 12. Something awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering
  8. 14. Bird that flies endlessly
  9. 15. showing off, bragging
Down
  1. 1. an evergreen tropical American tree which bears fruit in the form of large woody gourds
  2. 3. Dry and dusty wind on the West Africa coast, occurring from December to February
  3. 5. the quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress
  4. 8. deserving contempt; despicable
  5. 11. Simulated or pretended, insincere
  6. 13. A string of beads worn around a Nigerian woman's waist