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A Streetcar Named Desire Vocabulary

By: Latasha Temple

Appraise

Definition: to assess; to evaluate

The contractor appraised the cost of the house.

Lunacy

Summary

Preen

Emblem

Definition: insanity; madness

Mr.hide was consumed by his lunacy.

Decay

This play is about a schoolteacher named Blanche DuBois or known as Laurel. This character is from Mississippi and she moved to New Orleans so she can be with her sister Stella Kowalski. She went New Orleans because her sister believes that she's lost in a old home that her relatives died in.

Source: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/streetcar/summary.html

Definition: rotted matter

The buildings in the city are starting to decay.

Definition: symbol; sign

The knight wore his cross emblem valiantly.

Definition: to clean or to groom

Cats tend to preen themselves unlike dogs

Peruse

Perpetual

Definition: continual, everlasting

We all want to have a beautiful perpetual love with someone.

Definition: read through

I tried to peruse the long and boring story.

Treachery

Primitive

Definition: deceit or betrayal

The man came with a rose and but has a treacherous motive in mind.

Definition: simple or crude

Usually I take the primitive approach to solving my problems.

Evoke

Incongruous

Valise

Definition: to bring to mind

The teacher evoke the homework so we wont forget.

Definition: out of place or incompatible

The woman walked in the room it was incongruous and had a foul smell.

Definition: a traveling bag; a suitcase

The man ran to with his valise to catch the plane.

Quaint

Solemn

Vulgar

Definition: deeply serious

All the boys at the campfire made a solemn swear.

Definition: rude or offensive

The man turned red when he was upset and used vulgar language.

Definition: nicely odd or strange

The sweater that she had on seemed quaint.

Row

Wince

Definition: to flinch

The boy tried not to wince as he gotten his butt beaten.

Definition: a fight; a brawl

There was a huge row at school today.

Morbid

Definition: gruesome; grisly

The boy had a morbid look on his face after he fought.

Deluded

Definition: be mentally deceived

The man deluded the player by making a bold move.

Serene

Definition: calm and undisturbed

The garden of Eden was beautiful and serene.

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