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"The Glass Menagerie
Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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gravity | seriousness, importance |
imperious | extremely overbearing |
implacable | incapable of being appeased |
indolence | laziness |
insolence | insulting or contemptuous behavior |
lament | to mourn or express sorrow in a demonstrative manner |
muse | to ponder |
oblivion | state of being forgotten |
ominous | threatening |
peal | loud ringing (usually of bells) |
precarious | dangerous, risky |
precipitate | to cause to speedily occur |
quaint | unusual in character or appearance |
querulous | constantly complaining |
rhapsodize | to express in an overly enthusiastic manner |
turgid | swollen |
unobtrusive | not readily noticeable |
vacuity | emptiness as in lack of intelligence |
vagrant | wanderer who does not have a home |
vestiges | remnants, remains |
whim | sudden and impulsive action |