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Vocab for Plays
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| wheedling | to persuade (a person) by such words or acts |
| skylark | a brown-speckled European lark famed for its melodious song |
| nuisance | an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, or practice |
| plucky | having or showing pluck or courage; brave |
| imprudent | lacking discretion; incautious; rash |
| dissimulation | feigning; hypocrisy |
| obstinate | firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose or opinion and not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty |
| inexorable | unyielding and unalterable, not to be persuaded, moved, or affected |
| wheedling | to persuade (a person) by such words or acts |
| skylark | a brown-speckled European lark famed for its melodious song |
| nuisance | an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, or practice |
| plucky | having or showing pluck or courage; brave |
| imprudent | lacking discretion; incautious; rash |
| dissimulation | feigning; hypocrisy |
| obstinate | firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose or opinion and not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty |
| inexorable | unyielding and unalterable, not to be persuaded, moved, or affected |
| obliged | to bind morally or legally, as by a promise or contract |
| amicably | characterized by or showing goodwill, friendly, peaceable |
| expedient | conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right |
| lenient | agreeably tolerant, permissive, indulgent |
| elapsed | to slip or pass by, the passage or termination of a period of time |
| trifle | a matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance |
| unscrupulous | conscienceless, unprincipled |
| sultry | oppressively hot and close or moist |
| eccentric | deviating from the recognized or customary character, irregular, odd |
| galoshes | a waterproof overshoe |
| arduous | requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult |
| odes | a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and sung with enthusiastic emotion; (originally) a poem intended to be sung. |
| requite | to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.). |
| rheumatism | any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness |
| despot | a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat |
| sepulcher | a tomb, grave, or burial place |
| peevishly | showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood |
| fringe | an outer edge; margin |
| provincial | belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local |
| degeneration | the process of falling below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deterioration |
| gosling | a foolish, inexperienced person |
| nonentity | a person or thing of no importance |
| surnames | the name that a person has in common with other family members; family name |
| muscatel | a sweet wine made from muscat grapes |
| zephyrs | a gentle, mild breeze |
| patron | a person who supports with money, gifts, efforts, or endorsement an artist, writer, museum, cause, charity, institution, or special event |
| impertinence | unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence |
| protuberance | the condition, state, or quality of bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting |
| gastronomic | the art or science of good eating |
| languidly | lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow |
| pose | to assume a particular attitude or stance, esp. with the hope of impressing others |
| cartilaginous | of or resembling cartilage |
| reverie | a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing |
| desolate | barren or laid waste; devastated |
| traversing | to pass or move over, along, or through |
| fife | a high-pitched transverse flute used commonly in military and marching musical groups |
| plume | a feather |
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