Death Of Salesman Vocab Flashcards
Mercurial
(adj) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind
Turbulent
(adj) conflict, disorder, or confusion; not controlled or calm
Temperament
(n) a person‘s nature, especially as it permanently affects their behavior
Trepidation
(n) fear or agitation about something that may happen
Resigned
(v) accepting something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about
Accommodating
(adj) fitting in with someone’s wishes or demands
Crestfallen
(adj) sad and disappointed
Reminiscence
(n) a story told about a past event
Simonize
(v) polish
Grub
(v) search for something in a clumsy and non-methodical manner; rummage
Pompous
(adj) affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important
Approbation
(adj) approval or praise
Incipient
(adj) in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop
Wilting
(v) become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop; sag; flop; wither
Incarnate
(adj) embodied in flesh; in human form; in physical form
Laconic
(adj) using very few words
Stolid
(adj) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
Audacity
(n) rude or disrespectful behavior; impudence
Imbue
(v) inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality
Indignantly
(adv) in a manner indicating anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair
Self-Reproach
(n) blame directed at oneself
Proposition
(n) a suggested scheme or plan of action; one considered in terms of its likely success or difficulty
Incredulously
(adv) in a manner indicating disbelief
Raucous
(adj) making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise
Louse
(n) a contemptible or unpleasant person; a small, wingless, parasitic insect that lives on the skin of mammals
Implacable
(adj) unable to be made less angry or hostile; unable to be persuaded by others (inexorable)
Spite
(n) desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone; deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone)
Seething
(v) bubble up as a result of being boiled
Elegiacally
(adv) mournfully; melancholically, plaintively; sorrowfully; sadly; nostalgically
