Transcript Vocabulary Enricher Things Fall Apart So Young Park Chapter 19-25 Sentence: Cassava is cultivated Synonym: plant for its edible starchy root which roots, is a major.

Vocabulary Enricher
Things Fall Apart
So Young Park
Chapter 19-25
Sentence: Cassava is cultivated Synonym: plant
for its edible starchy root which roots,
is a major source of
carbohydrates.
Cassava
Definition: woody shrub of the
Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)
native to South America.
Etymology: 1555, from Port. cassave, from
Taino (Haiti) caçabi.
Page number: page 143, par.5.
Anonym: Cassava tree (not the
roots as used in the context)
Cassava
This word comes up very often in the novel
Things Fall Apart. When I looked up the
meaning it meant a plant root that was
commonly eaten in Africa. This word
characterizes the unique and rural African
setting of the story.
Sentence: Harmattan winds Synonym: flexible,
come along with dust to the tough, durable
village.
Resilient
Definition: Marked by the
ability to recover readily, as
from misfortune
Etymology: from the Spanish
harmatán, which was the native
(Twi) name in western Africa
Anonym: rigid, inflexible
Page number: page 148, par.1.
Resilient
This word evoked the image of a person who never
gives up, like Okonkwo. Even when he was under
the worst circumstances (the first year of his
farming) he never gave up and became rich. This
word can carry both negative and positive
connotation. When it is used for natives’ resilient
characteristics, it is positive but when it is used to
refer to the whites who never give up their
ambitions it might have negative connotation.
Sentence: She had Frank, a
perverse stalker, in abomination.
Abomination
Synonym:
repugnance,
disgust
Definition: something that is
strongly hated or abominated,
something that causes hatred
or repugnance.
Etymology: c.1325, "feeling of
disgust, hatred, loathing," from
O.Fr. abomination, from L.
abominationem (nom. abominatio)
Anonym: fondness, attraction
Apologies for those who were eating…just
don’t look at this for more than 2 seconds (I
put the mosaic effect though)
Page number: page 148, par.2.
Abomination
Abomination is a very strong form of
hatred which is often apparent in this story,
including the hatred of villagers towards
the whites who disparaged and ruined
their civilization.
Sentence: The priest
solemnly preached about
the faith in god.
Synonym: lecture,
sermonize
Preach
Definition: to deliver a sermon
Etymology: late O.E. predician, a
loan word from Church L.,
reborrowed 12c. as preachen, from
O.Fr. prechier (11c.), from L.L.
predicare "to proclaim publicly,
announce" (in M.L. "to preach"),
Anonym: gossip, chat, converse Page number: page 153,
par.1.
Preach
I chose this word because it was
specifically related to religion, which was
a major theme of the book. This word
makes me feel suddenly solemn because
it evoked the image of a preacher seeking
for the meaning of god.
Sentence: Some overzealous Synonym: fervent,
fans followed the pop star’s passionate
every action.
Overzealous
Definition: north African spice that
include the seeds and seed pods
Etymology: seeds have a
papery skin enclosing them and
the bumps of the seeds within
this skin is reminiscent of an
alligator's back
Page number: page 159, par.2.
Anonym: indifferent, dull, sullen
Overzealous
This is a good word to describe someone
who is excessively fervent.
This word has slightly negative
connotation, as it describes something as
being too enthusiastic as to an extreme
degree.
Sentence: The irate protestors
got into scuffle with police
force.
Synonym: fight,
brawl, fray, clash
Scuffle
Definition: a short
disorganized fight
Etymology: 1768, from Scottish,
probably from a Scand. source
related to O.N. skufa, skyfa "to
shove."
Anonym: concord, harmony
Page number: page 166, par.3.
Scuffle
This word fits in the story because manly
villagers are likely to fight or scuffle. This
word doesn’t make me think of bloody
battle or any atrocities but rather closer
image to skirmishes or random fights.
Sentence: All his life, he growled his
teeth with vengeance to his father
who has abandoned him when he was
young.
Vengeance
Synonym:
revenge,
payback
Definition: the act of killing, injuring,
or harming someone for revenge
Etymology: c.1400, hoveren, freq.
of hoven "hover, tarry, linger"
(c.1250), of unknown origin,
chiefly nautical at first, of ships
standing off a coast.
Anonym: blessing, benefits
Page number: page 171, 2 par.
Vengeance
Vengeance is common in any novels. It is the
start of conflict that builds up the story. This
word makes me feel of the internal anger
piling up and readying for a chance to
revenge against my enemy. This definitely
carries negative connotation.
Sentence: Farmers laid down
bales of hay under the scorching
sun of October afternoon.
Synonym: pack,
bundle, parcel
Bale
Definition: A large package of raw
or finished material tightly bound
with twine or wire and often
wrapped
Etymology: "large bundle or package," c.1325,
from O.Fr. bale "rolled-up bundle," from a Gmc.
source (cf. O.H.G. balla "ball")
Page number: page 175, par. 2
Anonym: a piece, one
Bale
I think this word is appropriate for
describing th erural lifestyle of Umuofia.
Just as I have used bale of hay in the
previous slide, this word makes me feel of
simple civilization.