A long way gone
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- plague(d)
- infestation
- mesmerized
- fascinated ; hypnotized
- crapes
- sneakers
- laden
- filled with great quantity
- kamor
- teacher
- lorry
- motor truck used to transport goods
- evoke
- summon ; raise
- resonate
- to vibrate or sound
- cassava
- an edible, starchy root used in making bread or cakes
- waft
- a light breeze
- ravage(d)
- having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
- scabbard
- a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
- imam
- prayer leader
- oblivious
- lacking awareness
- sura
- one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran
- indelibly
- cannot be removed or erased ; permenant
- avenge
- revenge
- sonority
- having the character of a loud deep sound
- prefect
- a chief officer
- soukous
- most popular music and dance craze style today in all of sub-Sahara Africa
- flotsam
- floating remnants of a shipwreck.
- disconsolate
- cheerless ; heartbroken ; dejected
- carseloi
- spider
- gyrate
- To revolve round a central point
- spirogyra
- freshwater algae
- embellish
- embroider ; add details to ; decorate
- lappei
- big cotton cloth that women wrap around their waist
- laweh
- rice paste
- jubilation
- celebration
- stagnant
- not circulating or flowing
- perplex
- puzzle
- gari
- a grated and dried food made from cassava
- cringe
- flinch ; draw back
- vehement
- fierce
- wahlee
- place outside villages where people processed coffee or other crops
- pestle
- a heavy tool of stone or iron
- nauseated
- feeling about to vomit
- profuse
- In great quantity or abundance
- complement
- either of two parts that mutually complete each other
- respite
- a pause for relaxation
- dilapidated
- Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect
- reverie
- state of dreaming while awake
- brown brown
- cocaine mixed with gunpowder
- evince
- express ; to show or demonstrate
- deviate
- turn aside; turn away from
- riffraff
- common people
- converse
- carry on a conversation
- hoist
- raise or haul up
- jovial
- merry; cheerful and good-humored
- kiosks
- An independent stand from which merchandise is sold
- marvel
- wonder ; be amazed at
- subside
- sink to a lower level; wear off or die down
- tafe
- marijuana
- infuriate
- make furious
- relentless
- persistent ; never-ceasing
- vengeance
- the act of taking revenge
- anvil
- a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
- deploy
- place troops or weapons in battle formation
- bask
- enjoy ; to be exposed
- mantle
- spread over a surface
- kalo kalo
- hit-and-run tactics (two groups, first hits and run, second kills the remainder)
- exploit
- To selfishly or unfairly use someone or something for one's own advantage. Abuse.
- gruesome
- horrific or ghastly
- delve
- to dig up
- amiss
- wrong ; faulty
- chiseled
- chipped or shaped by a metal tool called a chisel
- somber
- dark ; dreary ; joyless
- Rastafarianism
- A religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s out of biblical prophecy and rising black aspirations
- repatriate
- term used to describe the process of reuniting ex-child soldiers with their former communities
- kule
- open-air shower
- sackie thomboi
- a meal made of cassava leaves with chicken (to welcome Ishmael)
- upline
- a Krio word mostly used in Freetown to refer to the backwardness of the inner country, its inhabitants, and their mannerisms
- ablution
- the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
- raggamorphy
- type of reggae songs
- poda podas
- vehicle
- festoon
- decorate with strings or flowers
- visa
- A seal or endorsement made on a passport
- intricate
- having a great deal of fine detail or complexity
- facilitate
- to assist ; make easier
- enunciate
- articulate ; pronounce
- compelling
- tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument
- excruciating
- very painful ; agonizing
- provoke
- to tease or provoke somebody
- reconcile
- harmonize ; come to terms
- leones
- A unit of currency of Sierra Leone
- auspices
- kinda guidance