The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Vocabulary Flashcards

A collection of vocabulary terms, proper nouns, and key references from James Thurber's 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'.

SN202

The eight-engined Navy hydroplane piloted by the Commander in Walter Mitty's stormy flight daydream.

Lieutenant Berg

The officer in Walter Mitty's Navy hydroplane daydream who expresses concern about the approaching hurricane.

Dr. Renshaw

The Mitty family physician who also appears in Mitty's hospital daydream as a distressed surgeon requesting Mitty's help.

Wellington McMillan

The millionaire banker and close personal friend of Roosevelt who requires emergency surgery in Mitty's hospital daydream.

Obstreosis of the ductal tract

The tertiary medical condition affecting Wellington McMillan in Walter Mitty's hospital daydream.

Streptothricosis

The medical condition on which Dr. Walter Mitty wrote a brilliant book, according to Dr. Pritchard-Mitford.

Coreopsis

The medical complication that sets in during Wellington McMillan's operation in Mitty's hospital daydream.

Webley-Vickers 50.80

The specific make of gun that Walter Mitty examines during his courtroom daydream and straps on in his wartime daydream.

Gregory Fitzhurst

The individual in the courtroom daydream whom Walter Mitty claims he could have killed at three hundred feet with his left hand.

Puppies Bark for It

The brand name printed on the box of puppy biscuits that Walter Mitty buys at the A. & P. store.

Von Richtman's circus

The enemy air formation located between the dugout and Saulier in Mitty's World War I bomber pilot daydream.

Auprès de Ma Blonde

The French song Walter Mitty hums as he walks to the door of the dugout to fly his solo mission.

Walter Mitty the Undefeated

The final proud and inscrutable persona adopted by Mitty as he stands against a wall facing an imaginary firing squad.

Overshoes

The footwear that Mrs. Mitty insists Walter purchase while she is at the hairdresser's.