Importance of being Earnest Vocab (Act II)

Utilitarian

Practical; useful

Becoming

Attractive; suitable

Gravity

Seriousness

Commended

Praised

Triviality

Something not important

Admission

A statement that something is true

Irretrievably

In a way that can’t be fixed or changed

Vacillating

Indecisive; keeps changing mind

Melodramatic

Too dramatic; exaggerated

Emigrating

Moving to another country

Quixotic

Impractical; not realistic

Misanthrope

Someone who dislikes or avoids people

Neologistic

Newly invented word or expression

Melancholy

Sad; gloomy

Grotesque

Absurd; very strange

Equanimity

Calmness; staying relaxed

Impetuous

Impulsive; acts without thinking

Philanthropic

Helping others in need: charitable

Epidemic

Something that spreads quickly among people

Machinations

Secret plans; especially for tricking someone

Constitution

Body strength; physical condition

Hereditary

Inherited