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Our Town
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| term | definition |
|---|---|
| incongruous | inappropriate |
| incoherent | making no sense |
| incensed | very angry |
| innocuous | harmless |
| insipid | uninteresting |
| irascible | very easily provoked |
| indignation | righteous anger |
| jubilation | feeling of joy |
| lugubrious | gloomy |
| Mesozoic | the era when the Appalachian Mountains were elevated; reptiles and dinosaurs were numerous, but became extinct when violent disturbances brought the era to an end |
| meteorological | having to do with the atmosphere and weather |
| maudlin | overly sentimental |
| mournful | grief stricken |
| morose | depressed |
| misanthropist | pessimist |
| melancholy | sad |
| nostalgic | wistful for times past |
| nonplussed | confused |
| pensive | thoughtful |
| philanthropist | generous patron |
| philatelist | stamp collector |
| proscenium | the section of a stage in front of the curtain |
| phosphate | drink made of soda water and flavoring |
| pince-nez | eye glasses held on the nose by a spring |
| Pleistocene | the great ice age |
| prostrate | face down |
| plaintive | mournful |
| rhapsodies | musical compositions |
| savant | a learned person |
| spurious | false |
| somber | serious |
| surly | rude |
| solemnity | seriousness |
| skirmish | small battle |
| sacrilege | blasphemy |
| sacraments | religious rites |
| trellis | frame of latticework used for growing climbing plants |
| tableau | picture |
| unobtrusively | subtly |
| vestiges | surviving evidence |
| vita | a biography; fresh start after an emotional experience |
| whinnies | neighs of a horse |
| wistful | thoughtful longing |
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