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Miller-Vocab Test 4
"Death of a Salesman"
Question | Answer |
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Burden | that which is carried; load |
mercurial | changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic |
trepidation | tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation |
undercurrent | a tendency underlying or at variance with the obvious or superficial significance of words, actions, etc |
simonize | to shine or polish to a high sheen, esp. with wax |
enthralled | to be captivated or charmed |
pompous | characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance |
indignantly | feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base |
insinuates | To introduce or otherwise convey (a thought, for example) gradually and insidiously |
chamois | an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe now rare in some areas; a soft, pliable leather from any of various skins dressed with oil, esp. fish oil, originally prepared from the skin of the chamois. |
Approbation | approval; commendation |
Incipient | beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage |
Anemic | lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness |
incarnate | personified or typified, as a quality or idea |
laconic | using few words; expressing much in few words; concise |
valise | a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag |
stolid | not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive |
rollicking | carefree and joyous |
audacity | boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions. |
Imbue | to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc |
Surlily | churlishly rude or bad-tempered |
Philandering | To carry on a sexual affair, especially an extramarital affair, with a woman one cannot or does not intend to marry. Used of a man. |
remiss | negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc |
feasible | capable of being done, effected, or accomplished |
monotonous | lacking in variety; tediously unvarying |
bandsaw | a saw consisting of an endless toothed steel band passing over two wheels. |
Knickers | loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees. |
Incredulously | not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical. |
Correspondence | communication by exchange of letters. |
Mystifies | To confuse or puzzle mentally |
Raucous | harsh; strident; grating |
Lavishly | expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion |
Unnerved | to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset |
Invalid | an infirm or sickly person. |
Frantically | desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied. |
audible | capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard. |
Spiting | a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice. |
Sensuous | perceived by or affecting the senses |
Lisps | A speech defect or mannerism characterized by mispronunciation of the sounds (s) and (z) as (th) and (th). |
Ominously | portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious |
Tormenting | To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish. See Synonyms at afflict. |
Ruddiness | of or having a fresh, healthy red color |
Seething | to surge or foam as if boiling. |
Spite | a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice |
Idyllic | suitable for or suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple or rustic |
Elegiacally | used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy. Expressing sorrow or lamentation |