Death of a Salesman

Mercurial

Quick and changeable in temperament.

Trepidation

A state of alarm or dread.

Crestfallen

Disheartened; dejected.

Idealist

A person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.

Simonize

To polish/wax (a motor vehicle).

Incipient

Beginning to emerge.

Approbation

Approval or praise.

Anemic

Lacking color, spirit, vitality.

Incarnate

Personified; given a human form to.

Laconic

Using few words.

Valise

A small traveling bag, suitcase.

Stolid

Unemotional; not easily moved/stirred emotionally.

Philandering

Engaging in many casual love affairs.

Remiss

Not attending to duty; negligent; careless.

Caliber

Degree of excellence, competence; ability.

Dictation

To say aloud to be recorded and written by another.

Comradeship

Friendship; spirit of working together for the common good.

carte blanche

With full permission; unrestricted authority.

Befuddled

Confused.

Overstrung

Pushed to one’s emotional limit.

Implacable

Inexorable; unable to be appeased or mollified.

Elegiacally

Sadly or mournfully.