Vocab: Eliot JAP

deferential

(adj.) showing courteous regard for people's feelings; respectful

digress

(v.) wander from a direct or straight course

etherize

(v.) to put under the influence of ether; anesthetize; to render groggy or numb

insidious

(adj.) intended to entrap or beguile; stealthily treacherous or deceitful;

operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect:

malinger

(v.) to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.

obtuse

(adj.) not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull

politic

(adj.) shrewd or prudent in practical matters; tactful; diplomatic.

Lazarus

a man who Jesus raised from the dead, even though he'd been buried for three days. A symbol of Jesus's power and of possibilities.

Hamlet

Tragic hero, procrastination, "to be or not to be"

attendant lord

Polonius -Lord in Hamlet

Michelangelo

Painted the Sistine Chapel

formulated

strategically created

butt end

end of a cigarette

brought in on a platter

John the Baptist (Salome)

eternal footman

last judgement

meticulous

extremely careful; particular about details