Inhereit the Wind Vocab: Part 1
Act I, Scene i vocab words
Terms
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- Haughtily
- Adv: in a proud, arrogant manner
- Arrogant
- Adj: overly proud; full of oneself
- Paunchy
- Adj: having a large, protruding belly
- Valise
- Noun: a suitcase
- Hinterland
- Noun: remote, lesser-developed parts of a country
- Placard
- Noun: a sign or notice
- Rancid
- Adj: having a rank, unpleasant odor or taste
- Magnetism
- Noun: strong, attractive power or charm
- Halyard
- Noun: rope used to raise a sail, flag, or yard
- Staunch
- Adj: firm or steadfast in a position or belief
- Rube
- Noun: unsophisticated country person
- Caricatured
- Adj: picture or description that ludicrously exaggerates the peculiarities or defects of a person or thing
- Prosecution
- Noun: institution or carrying on of legal proceedings against a person
- Cowlick
- Noun: tuft of hair that grows in a direction different from that or the rest of the hair
- Camp-followers
- Pl. noun: people who follow a certain cause
- Patriarch
- Noun: person regarded as father or founder of an order or class
- Tread
- Noun: step, walk
- Bailiff
- Noun: an officer
- Oratorical
- Adj: characteristic or pertaining to speech
- Scowl
- Verb: to wrinkle or contract the brow as an expression of anger or disapproval
- Flivver
- Noun: an old car that's inexpensive, small, and OLD
- Paraphernalia
- Noun: things needed for an activity
- Chortle
- Noun: gleeful chuckles or verb: to chuckle gleefully
- Heathen
- Noun: irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person
- Benign
- Adj: gracious; having a kindly disposition
- Gaunt
- Adj: extremely thin; bony; emaciated
- Ominous
- Adj: portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious (get it yet?)
- Privy
- Noun: private area (bathroom)
- Sneer
- Verb: to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt
- Infidel
- Noun: person who doesn't accept a particular faith, esp. Christianity
- Agnostic
- Adj/noun: person who thinks that God and nature of things are ultimately unknown to humans
- Distraught
- Adj: distracted; deeply agitated
- Sheepishly
- Adverb: embarassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish
- Agape
- Adj or adverb: with mouth wide open, as in wonder, surprise, or eagerness
- Saunter
- Verb: to walk at a leisurely pace; stroll
- Bask
- Verb: to enjoy a pleasant situation
- Heretic
- Noun: anyone who doesn't conform to established, attitude, doctrine, principle
- Virginal
- Adj: pure
- Vagrant
- Noun: Person who wanders idly with no home or job
- Suffrage
- Noun: right to vote
- Depot
- Noun: railroad or bus station
- Extradite
- Verb: to give up to an authority