Things Fall Apart

3. young and inexperienced
7. a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
9. attract; cause to be enamored
12. plausible but false
14. affect with wonder
15. wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
17. relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
20. compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
22. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
26. not lessened or diminished
28. a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
30. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
31. not provident; not providing for the future
32. make small or insignificant
33. vigorous and animated
34. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
36. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
38. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
39. marked by a ready flow of speech

1. move down on as if in an attack
2. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
4. overcome by superior force
5. burn slowly and without a flame
6. not dense
7. full of juice
8. destroy or injure severely
10. having unsuitable feminine qualities
11. move or cause to move back and forth
13. make impure
16. an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
18. the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
19. a state of extreme confusion and disorder
21. without knowledge or intention
23. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
24. sink to a lower level or form a depression
25. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
27. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
29. unwilling to spend
35. hold spellbound
37. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid