streetcar named desire vocab

Abscond

to secretly sneak away

Affectation

acting fake to seem cool or impressive

Attenuate

to weaken or water something down

Blithe

carefree in an almost rude way

Coquettish

flirty

Demure

quiet and modest, not attention-seeking

Dissonant

sounds or ideas that clash and don't go together

Implicit

• not said out loud but understood

Improvident

not thinking ahead, bad at planning

Incongruous

doesn't fit, looks or feels out of place

Incredulous

• not buying it, hard to believe

Indolent

lazy

Lurid

disturbingly graphic or weirdly bright

Pinion

to pin someone down so they can't move

Raffish

kind of shady but in a charming way

Saccharine

so sweet it's almost annoying

Sheepish

embarrassed and awkward about it

Sinuous

curvy and winding like a snake

Spasmodic

happening in random on-and-off bursts

Spectral

ghostly