Ananse’s Feast

Vocabulary

brilliant

• To shine brightly

• The sun is brilliant!

delighted

• Feeling pleasure; joyful

• This man is delighted.

greedy

• Feeling a strong desire to have a lot of something

• He is very greedy about money.

guest

• A person who is received and entertained at another’s house or table

• The woman welcomes her guests.

feast

• A rich meal prepared for some special occasion and for a number of guests

• Our family shares the Thanksgiving feast.

stomach

• The large muscular bag in the body that receives swallowed food

• After dinner my stomach is full of food.

barren

• not able to produce much

• The desert can be a barren wilderness.

cunning

• clever in deceiving ; shy

• The fox was sly and cunning when he tricked the rabbit.

drought

• a long period of dry weather; continued lack of rain

• The ground was dry and cracked because of the drought.

selfish

• caring too much for one's self

• Selfish people take as much as they can grab.