A Streetcar Named Desire Vocab.

Raffish

vulgar, showy

Attennate

decrease

Incongruous

incompatible; unsuitable

Feverish

emotional; passionate

Vivacity

energy; cheer

Dubious

doubtful; untrustworthy

Reproach

condemn; criticize

Ominously

threateningly; forebodingly

Gander

quick look

Swindle

cheat, deceive

Preen

groom; primp

Judicial

legal; analytical

Abscond

disappear, escape, flee

Improvident

reckless; wasteful

Epic

grand; heroic

Fornication

extramarital sex

Lurid

gruesome; horrifying

Portieres

curtains hung across doorways

Indolent

lazy

Gallantry

courage; graciousness

Reverence

respect; adoration

Grappling

struggling; grasping

Pinioned

retained by holding arms

Dissonant

inharmonious, incompatible

Whelp

dog or wolf offspring

Diffidently

shyly

Incredulously

with surprise, skeptically

Stealthily

secretively; shyly

Gravely

seriously

Affected

artificial; phony

Dote

indulge

Morbid

grim; gruesome

Vanity

conceit; egotism

Coquettishly

flirtatiously

Neurasthenic

fatigued; loss of memory

Demureness

modestly; shyness

Reproving

scolding

Deluded

deceived; fooled

Effeminate

unmanly

Saccharine

overly sweet in attitude, tone or character

Contrapuntally

done with contradiction; one action that contradicts

Blithely

happily; cheerfully

Serenely

calmly; peacefully

ineffectual

useless; having no impact

Amiability

pleasantness; friendless

Uncouth

rude; lacking proper manners

uncavalier

not gallant; discourteous

Recriminations

countercharges; retaliation

Transitory

temporary

Destitute

penniless; having none

Slander

attack on one's character; defamation (spoken)

Libel

attack on one's character; defamation (written)

Warily

cautiously; carefully

Inert

lifeless; motionless

Callous

heartless; unfeeling

Prodigiously

exceptionally; immensely

Elated

excited; overjoyed

Colloquy

conversion

Sinuous

curving; shaky; twisting

Divested

Stripped

Reverberated

echoed