A Streetcar Named Desire Flashcards
Amiability
Friendliness
Absconding
Departing secretly
Attenuates
Weakness
Anthropological
Scientific study of origin, culture, development of man
Bestial
marked by inhuman instincts, desires
Blithely
Happily
Coquettishly
Flirtatiously
Contrapuntally
Using contrast, interplay of elements
Demureness
Modesty
Cosmopolitan
Composed of persons or elements from many parts of the world
Gravely
Seriously
Emphatically
Forcefully
Feigned
Not genuine, real
Gaudy
Tastelessly ornamented
Elysian Fields
Paradise, place for blessed in myths
Perplexity
State of being puzzled, bewilderment
Contemptuously
Showing dislike, scorn
Pinions
Restrain by binding the arms
Neurasthenic
marked by fatigue, loss of energy, memory, feelings of inadequacy
Indolently
Lazily
Sotto voce
Under the breath, in an undertone
Ghoul
Legendary evil being that robs graves, feed on corpses
Incredulously
Skeptically
Improvident
Not seeing, providing for the future
Voluptuously
Acting in a manner full of delight to the senses
Spectral
Causing revulsion
Heterogeneous
Mixed
Uncouth
Lacking polish, grace
Sullen
Gloomily, resentfully silent
Kibitiz
Offer unwanted advice, comment (at a card game)
Incredible
Hard to believe
Peruse
Study, examine
Overwrought
Extremely excited
Ominously
Foreboding evil
Sonnet
14 line fixed verse poem
Reproach
Blame
Redolences
Scents, aromas
Raffish
Marked by careless unconventionality
Spasmodic
excited, emotional outbursts