Things Fall Apart Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
  2. 3. pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).
  3. 5. a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.
  4. 6. speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.
  5. 8. (of food) tender, juicy, and tasty.
  6. 12. clothing or dress, especially of a distinctive or special kind.
  7. 13. extremely unpleasant.
  8. 14. not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless.
  9. 15. having great power, influence, or effect.
Down
  1. 1. treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate.
  2. 4. about to happen, bound to happen.
  3. 7. stretched or pulled tight; not slack.
  4. 9. (of a young person) inexperienced and immature.
  5. 10. the state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.
  6. 11. shaking or quivering slightly, timid or nervous.