"A Doll's House" Act I
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claire_fisher24 on May 4, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 backwater | an isolated, peaceful place |
| barrister | a lawyer who is a member of one of the Inns of Court and who has the privilege in the higher courts |
| blackguard | a low, contemptible person; scoundrel |
| broach | an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes |
| caprices | a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather |
| confectioner | a person who makes or sells candies, and sometimes, ice cream, cakes, etc. |
| deprave | to make morally bad or evil; corrupt |
| dissimulation | the act of feigning, hypocrisy |
| entreaties | earnest request or petition; supplication |
| gilt | a simple past tense and past participle of the verb "gild" meaning to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance |
| imprudent | lacking discretion; incautious; rash |
| incredulously | disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical |
| indulgent | benignly lenient or permissive |
| palled | to associate as comrades or chums |
| plucky | having or showing courage; brave |
| precarious | dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable |
| procuring | to obtain or get by care, effort, or use of special means |
| solicitor | a person whose business it is to solicit business, trade, etc. |
| spendthrift | a person who spends possession or money extravagantly or wastefully |
| unassailable | not open to attack or assault, as by military force or argument |
| unsavory | unpleasant in taste or smell; distasteful |
| wheedling | to endeavor or influence by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts |
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