Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra Glossary

avidity

a state of eagerness, alertness

ribald

coarse, uncouth

reprobate

a scoundrel

pallor

paleness, as of one's face

enmity

extreme hatred

guileless

naive

sot

someone who is always drunk

foppish

dressing like a dandy; a man who is a bit effeminate

strident

loud, intense

scrupulous

possessing integrity

surreptitious

doing something stealthily, clandestinely

gallant

chivalrous, heroic in attitude

harlot

a term for a whore/slut

salacious

scandalous, lustful

unctuously

in an oily, sycophantic manner

chanty

a sailors' song

repose

rest

palaver

a discussion, conference

diabolical

of the devil, evil

volubly

talking loudly, quickly, and intensely

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