Post on 11-Jan-2016
Act II Vocabulary Quiz Date: April 22nd
Coquettishly (adv.)
•coquettish, adjective
•coquettishness, noun
•Coquettishly fanning herself with an ornate oriental fan.
(of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
Arrogant (adj.)• arrogantly, adverb• With an arrogant flourish, turns off the good loud
blues that is playing.
making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud
Eccentric (adj. or n.)• Oh, don’t be so proud of yourself, Bennie – just
because you look eccentric.
(adj) deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd(n.) a person who has an unusual, peculiar, or odd personality, set of beliefs, or behavior pattern.
Oppressive (adj)• oppressively, adverb• oppressiveness, noun• It means someone who is willing to give up his
own culture and submerge himself completely in the dominant, and in this case oppressive culture.
burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical
Cliché (adj. or n.)
• If it’s too hot or cold for you, just wait a minute and it’ll change. (She smiles happily at this cliché of clichés.)
(n.) a trite, stereotyped expression, a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox.
(adj)trite; hackneyed; stereotyped
Sarcastically (adv.)• sarcastic, adjective• sarcasm, noun• (To Walter, sarcastically), Good Night,
Prometheus.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by sarcasm
a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark
Menace (n.) • menacingly, adverb• menacing, adjective • Mama clamps her lips together, and Ruth
advances toward her son menacingly.
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat
Rebuff(s) (n. or v.)• She rebuffs him again and he starts to leave.
(n.) A blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances. (v.)to give a rebuff to; check; repel; refuse; drive away
Revelation (n.)• Walter, you ain’t been to work for three days.
(This is a revelation to her.)
something revealed or disclosed, especially a striking disclosure, as of something not before realized.
Exuberance (n.)• His happiness is deep in him; he cannot keep still
with his new-found exuberance.
The state of being abounding in vitality; extremely joyful and vigorous
Amiably (adj. or adv.)• amiability, amiableness, noun• (Amiably, as he sits himself easily on a chair,
leaning with interest forward on his knees and looking expectantly into the newcomer’s face.)
having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable
Ludicrous (adj.)• ludicrously, adverb• ludicrousness, noun• … and the hat is ludicrous and considerably
oversized.
causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable