Chekhov 3 Flashcards
fratricide
noun
the killing of one’s brother or sister.
MD Frat - brother cide - suffix that means to kill
conscientious
(of a person) wishing to do what is right, esp. to do one’s work or duty well and thoroughly
“In Leskov there’s a conscientious Danila, who finds a leper outside of town and feeds him and keeps him warm in the name of love and Christ. If this Danila indeed loved people, he would have dragged the leper further away from the town and thrown him into a ditch and would have gone himself and served the healthy. Christ, I hope, gave us the commandment of reasonable, sensible, and useful love.” (210)
MD - conscientious objector - “I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong … They never called me nigger.”
scimitar
noun
a short sword with a curved blade that broadens toward the point, used originally in Eastern countries.
MD - What kind of lousy museum has so much asian art and no scimitars!!!!!
shortcomings
noun (usu. shortcomings)
a fault or failure to meet a certain standard, typically in a person’s character, a plan, or a system:
MD - Napoleon was short, and this contributed to his major shortcoming, the short man’s complex. This consisted in overly-agressive and domineering social behavior to compensate for his stature.
indolence
noun
avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness:
in doll - a type of doll that remains inside a doll house
MD - InDOLence. He preferred to be idol.
tedium
noun
the state of being tedious:
“In search of truth, people make two steps forward and one step back. Sufferings, mistakes, and the tedium of life throw them back, but the thirst for truth and a stubborn will drive them on and on.” (237)
MD Chris Rock alleviated the tedium of tea time by drinking beer.
corvette
a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer
“I daydreamed of the sea, of our squadron, of the corvette that had taken me around the world.” (242)
MD - Corgi’s escort cattle, but are smaller than most dog’s.
titter
v. to laugh nervously
“Each time I relieved him of his fur coat, he tittered and asked me: ‘Are you married, Stepan’ - and then came scabrous banalities, as a sign of special attention to me.” (250)
MD - the children tittered when they saw the tits
scabrous
adj. 1. (biology) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf.
2. Dealing with salacious or indecent material <a></a>
“Each time I relieved him of his fur coat, he tittered and asked me: ‘Are you married, Stepan’ - and then came scabrous banalities, as a sign of special attention to me.” (250)
MD - rough like a scab
salacious
adj.
1. characterized by lust
2. suggesting or tending to moral looseness
MD it was a salacious salami jokes.
slavish
adj
- blindly imitative
- abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant.
“…he pretended to be a godless and wicked scoffer, criticized with him those before who, in other places, he was a slavish hypocrite.” (250)
MD - imitative or submissive like a slave
debauchee
noun
a person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
“When there was conversation about love and women over supper, he pretended to be a refined and subtle debauchee.” (250)
MD - the Mach resembled a debauchee when he ate his birthday cake.
scullery
noun
a small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and other dirty household work.
MD small room like a skull
