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Death of Salesman
vocabulary for Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jovial | cheerful and friendly |
| Mercurial | subject to sudden or unpredictable changes |
| Turbulent | characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion, not controlled or calm, moving unsteadily or violently |
| Vital | absolutely necessary or important, essential |
| Agitation | a state of anxiety or nervous excitement, the action of arousing public concern about an issue and pressing for action on it. |
| Measly | contemptibly small of few |
| Pompous | affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self important; characterized by pomp or splendor |
| Indignantly | in an indigant manner |
| Insinuates | suggest or hint (something negative) in an indirect and unpleasent way; maneuver oneself deeply in a particular interest. |
| Incipient | in an initial stage; begining to happen or devlop; developing into a specified type or role |
| Anemic | suffering from anemia lacking in color, spirit, or vitality |
| Scrim | strong coarse fabric, chiefly used for heavy-duty lining or upholstery, a peice of gauze cloth that appears opaque until lit from behind, used as a screen or backdrop |
| Primps | spend time making minor adjustments to ones' hair etc. |
| Incarnate | embodied in flesh; in human from "Gods Incarnate" embody or represent in human form. |
| Laconic | using very few words |
| Trepidation | a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen, trembling motion |
| Stolid | calm, dependable, and showing little emotion, or animation |
| Ignoramus | an ingorant or stupid person |
| Enterprises | a project or undertaking typically one that is difficult or requires effort; intiative or resourcefulness |
| Stance | the way in which someone stands; the additude of a person or orgainzation toward something , standpoint |
| Imbue | inspire or permeate with a feeling or quanlity |
| Audacity | the willingness to take bold risks, rude or disrespectful behavior, impudence |
| Surlily | churlishy; in a churlish manner |
| Philandering | readily or frequently enter into causal sexual relationships with women |
| Remiss | lacking care or attention to duty; negligent |
| Incredulously | in an incredulous manner |
| Candidly | honestly |
| Raucous | making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise |
| Chippies | a women prosetiute |
| Implacably | incapable of being placated |
| Immobile | not moving, motionless, incabable of moving or being moved |
| Seething | bubble up as a result of being boiled, foam of a river or sea as if it were boiling, be turburlent |
| Contemptous | showing contempt; scornful |
| Pulsation | a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state |
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