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Death of a Salesman 39 words

Potential vocabulary words from the play DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller.

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  1. angular
    having angles or an angular shape
  2. fragile
    easily broken or damaged or destroyed
  3. bedstead
    the framework of a bed
  4. dimly
    with a dim light
  5. exhaustion
    extreme fatigue
  6. jovial
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  7. repression
    the act of repressing; control by holding down
  8. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  9. irritation
    the act of troubling or annoying someone
  10. vital
    performing an essential function in the living body
  11. accommodating
    obliging; willing to do favors
  12. undercurrent
    a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
  13. crestfallen
    brought low in spirit
  14. massacre
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
  15. peculiar
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  16. remarkable
    unusual or striking
  17. Simonize
    polish with wax
  18. content
    satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
  19. measly
    contemptibly small in amount
  20. idealist
    someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations
  21. avidly
    in an avid manner
  22. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  23. indignantly
    in an indignant manner
  24. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  25. initiative
    readiness to embark on bold new ventures
  26. anemic
    relating to anemia or suffering from anemia
  27. commission
    the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
  28. gross
    lacking fine distinctions or detail
  29. manufacture
    put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
  30. withering
    any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
  31. rollicking
    given to merry frolicking
  32. nervy
    offensively bold
  33. correspondence
    (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
  34. stocking
    the activity of supplying a stock of something
  35. shaky
    vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
  36. cellar
    the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
  37. vengeful
    disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
  38. magnificence
    splendid or imposing in size or appearance
  39. frenzy
    state of violent mental agitation