English Vocab - A Streetcar Named Desire

Cosmopolitan-adj

sophisticated; wordly

evoke-v

bring to mind; suggest

improvident-adj

careless, irresponsible

incongruous-adj

out of place, incompatible

perpetual-adj

continual; everlasting

peruse-v

read through

preen-v

to clean; to groom

valise-n

a traveling bag; a suitcase

coquettish-adj

flirtatious

deluded-adj

be mentally deceived

dote-v

to show excessive love or fondness

peal-n

a loud burst of noise

transitory-adj

short-lived or temporary

uncouth-adj

crude; unrefined

ignominious-adj

shameful

illicit-adj

unlawful

judicious-adj

prudent, thoughtful, sensible

litigious-adj

quarrelsome

minutia-n

small or unimportant particular or detail

onus-n

a burden or responsibility

abscond-v

to run away with someone or something

obsolescent-adj

passing out of use, as a word

palatial-adj

magnificent

penultimate-adj

a member of a series that is last but one

ribald-adj

indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity