Of Beetles and Angels

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

Accumulatecollect: to collect or obtain a large amount of something over a period of time

Synonym: Build up

Morphed• to be transformed

• Synonym: Change

Serenaded• a complimentary

performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.

• Synonym: Sing to

Weariness• physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.;

• Synonym: Exhausted

Yearned• to have an earnest or strong desire

• Synonym: Crave

Menial• lowly and sometimes degrading

• Synonym: Tedious

Eccentric• deviating from the recognized or customary character

• Synonym: Odd

Emphatically• using emphasis in

speech or action.

• Synonym: forcefully

Hunched• to stand, sit, or walk in a bent posture.

• Synonym: Bent

Malignant• very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect.

• Synoynm: Evil

Pronunciation

Selamawi

•Seh-leh-MA-wee

Tsege•See-geh

Haileab•High-LOB

Tewolde•Teh-WOLE-duh

Mehret•MIH-ret

Hntsa•HIN-sah

Mulu•MOO-loo

Asgedom•OZ-geh-dome

Adi•AH-dee

Tigrynia•Tig-GREEN-yah

Injera•Een-JAIR-ah

Sebhi•SEB-hee

Eritrea•AIR-et-rah

Hunched

Morphed

Yearned

Eccentric

Emphatically• .

Accumulate

Weariness

Menial

Serenaded