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