front 1 edify | back 1 instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually |
front 2 felicity | back 2 joyfulness; happiness |
front 3 veracity | back 3 the state of being truthful and straightforward |
front 4 paragon | back 4 a perfect something |
front 5 kitsch | back 5 low quality, but with a style that many people find amusing in an ironic way |
front 6 succumb | back 6 fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force |
front 7 enticing | back 7 attractive or tempting; alluring |
front 8 disconsolate | back 8 extremely sad and lacking any comfort |
front 9 chide | back 9 to scold mildly |
front 10 regale | back 10 entertain or amuse (someone) with talk |
front 11 intrepid | back 11 brave and adventurous |
front 12 balk | back 12 to be unwilling to accept an idea or request |
front 13 guant | back 13 too thin, as in suffering from hunger or illness |
front 14 persnickety | back 14 placing too much emphasis on minor or unimportant details |
front 15 whet | back 15 to sharpen the point of something |
front 16 atrophy | back 16 to gradually decline or waste away |
front 17 quaff | back 17 to drink heartily |
front 18 collusion | back 18 secret or illegal cooperation, especially to cheat others |
front 19 drivel | back 19 nonsense; foolishness |
front 20 stoic | back 20 able to endure hardship without showing pain or complaining |
front 21 reticent | back 21 not revealing one's thoughts or feelings easily |
front 22 farcical | back 22 in a ridiculous manner |
front 23 egalitarian | back 23 relating to the idea of all people deserving equal rights |
front 24 palpable | back 24 able to be touched or felt |
front 25 charlatan | back 25 a person falsely claiming to have special talents or skills |
front 26 fetid | back 26 smelling very unpleasant |
front 27 perfunctory | back 27 carried out with a minimum effort to satisfy the situation |
front 28 fracas | back 28 noise disturbance or fight; brawl |
front 29 foible | back 29 a small flaw |
front 30 vacuous | back 30 showing a lack of thought or intelligence |
front 31 bulwark | back 31 a defensive wall |
front 32 cajole | back 32 persuade by flattering or gently teasing |
front 33 harbinger | back 33 something that marks the approach of something else |
front 34 extemporaneous | back 34 spoken or done without preparation |
front 35 mitigate | back 35 to make less severe, serious, or painful |
front 36 anodyne | back 36 something that kills pain |
front 37 vacillate | back 37 to alternate indecisively between two choices |
front 38 incendiary | back 38 designed to start fires or conflict |
front 39 depravity | back 39 moral corruption |
front 40 act | back 40 a division withing a play, much like chapters of a novel |
front 41 cast of characters | back 41 a list of characters presented before the action begins |
front 42 chorus | back 42 a person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of a play |
front 43 dialogue | back 43 a conversation between two or more characters |
front 44 monologue | back 44 a long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to the audience |
front 45 scene | back 45 a division of an act into smaller parts |
front 46 stage directions | back 46 italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or costumes, give further information about a character, or provide background information; in Shakespeare's plays, stage directions can also appear in brackets, parenthesis, and/or half brackets |
front 47 aside | back 47 lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience |
front 48 comedy | back 48 a humorous work of drama with a generally happy ending |
front 49 drama | back 49 a work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience |
front 50 foil | back 50 a character who is nearly the opposite of another character; the purpose of [this term] is to reveal a stark contrast between the two characters, often the protagonist and the antagonist |
front 51 soliloquy | back 51 thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone or thinks he/she is alone |
front 52 tragedy | back 52 a serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of his own actions |
front 53 tragic hero | back 53 a protagonist with a fatal flaw which eventually leaders to his demise |
front 54 solace | back 54 comfort in a time of stress or sadness |
front 55 insipid | back 55 lacking taste or class |
front 56 visceral | back 56 from the gut |
front 57 inept | back 57 having or showing no skill |
front 58 gauche | back 58 awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
front 59 zenith | back 59 the top of a trajectory; the highest point |
front 60 futile | back 60 incapable of producing any result |
front 61 ruminate | back 61 to think deeply about something; to ponder |
front 62 acrimony | back 62 tense bitterness in a relationship |
front 63 kismet | back 63 destiny |
front 64 exonerate | back 64 to remove blame or guilt for wrongdoing |
front 65 altruism | back 65 selfless act |
front 66 myopic | back 66 focused on the small things you don't see the big picture |
front 67 galvanize | back 67 shock or excite (someone), typically into taking action |
front 68 engender | back 68 to cause or give rise to |
front 69 nuance | back 69 a subtle difference |
front 70 impetuous | back 70 acting quickly without thought |
front 71 reown | back 71 the state of being known and celebrated by many |
front 72 tangent | back 72 a completely different line of thought |