Anansi, The Clever One Vocabulary

1. coax – to trick; steal; acquire by manipulating (p. 8) 2. pallor - pale skin tone (p. 8) 3.envy – a feeling of discontent toward another person in regard to their position or success 4. famine – extreme hunger 5. carcass – dead body of an animal 6. anxiety – distress caused by fear 7. lean – thin; not much flesh or fat 8. dutifully – performing one’s job

9. successive – following an order in sequence 10. faring – to experience good or bad fortune 11. bard – a poet; storyteller 12. implore – to beg urgently