SAT Vocab 4 + Greek Theater Vocab

Caveat

noun- warning of specific stipulations; conditions; limits; warning; caution:

(like adding a but or however to something.

Loquacious

(adj) tending to talk a great deal; talkative; chatty;

Nihilistic/Nihilist

(adj) rejecting all religions/moral principles in the belief that life is meaningless and pointless
(noun) a nihlistic person

hyperbole/ hyperbolic

(noun; hi-per-bowly) over exaggeration
(adj; hyper-ball-ic) exaggerated

ombudsman

(noun; an official appointed to investigate individual’s complaints against maladministration, especially that of public authorities)

uninterested

(adj) bored, unconcerned, indifferent

disinterested

(adj) impartial or unbiased

Obtuse

(adj) annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand; stupid; thick;dimwitted; dense;slow

pejorative

(noun/adj) expressing contempt or disapproval; slanderous

impervious

(adj) unable to be affected by; immune to; resistant to

Epitome

(noun; uh-pit-uh-me) a person/thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type; quintessense

drab

(adj) uniteresting,dull, unexciting, mundane

galvanize

(verb) to shock or excite someone into taking action;motivate

Beguille

(verb; buh-guy-ll) charm or enchant someone in a deceptive way; trick; bewitch

tête-à-tête

(noun; tet-ah-tet) a private conversation between two people; heart-to-heart

bequeath

(verb; buh-quee-th) leave something to a person by a will; entrust to; pass down to

Eclectic

(adj) deriving ideas, style or taste from a broad/diverse range of sources; wide-ranging; diverse; unique; ex) fur boots

disingenuous

(adj) not sincere; dishonest;deceitful;duplicitious

Incorrigible

(adj) (of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected,, improved, reformed, unfixable, intractable

Theatron

where the audience sat

Orchestra

stage; main performance spot

Skene

tent; small building used as changing rooms

parados

1. long ramps for chorus to enter and exit stage

2. song sung by chorus as it first enters the orchestra and dances

chorus

1. chant; entrance song

2. engagement in dialogue

3. document on characters;events of the play

choragus

leader of the chorus

Aside

words spoken in an undertone not intended to be heard by all characters

Allusion

reference to something in own life

mythical allusion

references to mythology

dramatic irony

audience knows someting that the characters do not

Ode

lyric poem praising someone or something

Paean

song of joy/triumph

Tragedy

Play with tragic events with unhappy ending; especially one ending with the downfall with the main character(aka tragic hero: protagoinst of a tragedy)

Catharsis

the purging of unsettling emotions

Lyric Poem

short poem of songlike quality

Choral Ode

ode sung by the chorus in classic greek drama

Exodus

When chorus exits at the end of the play, they sing a song which offers words of wisdom related to the actions and outcome of the play

strophe

(stro-fee) first choral ode; chorus turns east to west

antistrophe

answering the choral ode, chorus turns west to east