Death of a Salesman
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- Mercurial
- Quick/changeable in temperament; moody and unpredictable
- Trepidation
- Apprehension, fear, a state of dread or nervousness about something to come, fearful hesitancy
- Avidly
- Having strong desire that borders on craving; often has a connotation of greed; can have a connotation of extreme enthusiasm
- Insinuate
- To suggest without stating directly, to communicate subtly or artfully or by hinting
- Approbation
- Expression of warm approval or praise
- Incipient
- Something just starting to appear, in the early stages
- Anemic
- Weak, sickly, pale, lacking vitality; also, low on red blood cells, but that's the medical definition
- Commission
- Payment based on a percentage of quantity sold
- Primp
- To groom oneself in a picky, excessive way
- Incarnate
- "In the flesh" - in person - the physical emodiment of an abstract idea
- Laconic
- Characterized by use of very few words, terse, concise, quiet
- Stolid
- Showing little emotion or sensibility; dispassionate
- Lusty
- Hearty; full of vigor, vitality, strenth, joy or merriness; it is NOT tycically used to refer to sexual desire
- Audacity
- Boldness, daring with a touch of brashness
- Philandering
- Sleeping around with the wives of others
- Remiss
- Negligent, slack in fulfulling one's duties
- Surly (adj.)
- Bad-tempered, irritable, rude, sometimes iwth a hint of menace
- Carte blanche (n.)
- Complete authority or freedom to act as desired
- Raucous (adj.)
- Hoarse, harsh, rough, grating, irritating
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Arch (adj.)
Archly (adv.) - Cunning, sly, mischievous
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Befuddled (adj.)
Befuddle (v.) - Confused, mixed up or made stupid
- Sensuous (adj.)
- Strongly affecting the senses
- Implaceable (adj.)
- Relentless, unyielding, unable to be appeased or pacified
- Elegiac (adj.)
- Mournful, of or like an elegy
- Requiem (n.)
- A mass, a musical composition or hymn in honor of the dead