Half of a Yellow Sun

Half of a Yellow Sun Glossary

Androgynous

Partly male and partly female in appearance

Balmy

Pleasantly warm

Chivalrous

Courteous and gallant, especially toward women

Coalesce

Come together and form one mass or whole

Covet

Yearn to possess or have something

Discern

Perceive or recognize

Dismissive

Feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration

Effervescent

Giving off bubbles, fizzy

Exhilarate

To make very happy, animated, or elated

Igbo

A member of a people of southeastern Nigeria

Incongruous

Not in harmony or in keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something

Infidelity

The action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner

Lineage

Family descent from an ancestor

Lucid

Easy to understand

Lustrous

Shining

Malice

The intention or desire to do evil

Nauseate

Make someone feel sick

Non sequitur

A conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement

Regal

Resembling or fit for a monarch, especially in being magnificent or dignified

Shard

A piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, or rock, typically having sharp edges

Shorthand

A method of rapid writing by means of abbreviations and symbols

Sonorous

Sounding imposingly deep and full

Taint

A trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance

Taut

Stretched or pulled tight