EV - Drama Close Read Vocabulary

Flashcards for vocabulary review.

Devious (adj)

Showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals

Serpentine (adj)

Of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)

Unscrupulous (adj)

Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair

Proleptic (adj)

Able to anticipate something in the future—an event or an argument

Wavering (adj)

Undecided between two opinions or courses of action

Vacillating (adj)

Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

Prophetic (adj)

Accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future

Contemptuous (adj)

Showing contempt; scornful

Celestial (adj)

Belonging or relating to heaven; supremely good

Disdain (n)

Consider to be unworthy of one's consideration

Duplicitous (adj)

Deceitful; having alternative intentions

Transformative (adj)

Causing a marked change in someone or something

Construe (v)

Interpret (a word or action) in a particular way

Fashion (v)

To make or shape something, often with careful attention and creativity

Derisive (adj)

Expressing contempt or ridicule

Cunning (adj)

Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion

Pervasive (adj)

Spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people—usually something negative

Emphatically (adv)

With great emphasis

Contemplative (adj)

Expressing or involving prolonged thought

Erudite (adj)

Having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying