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A Streetcar Named Desire: Scene One, Opening Stage Directions 23 words

For students in Joey Hill's English IV classes, as well as all who love of Tenessee Williams!

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  1. Elysian Fields
    (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death
  2. corresponding
    similar especially in position or purpose
  3. raffish
    marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
  4. weathered
    worn by exposure to the weather
  5. rickety
    inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
  6. quaintly
    in a quaint old-fashioned manner
  7. ornament
    something used to beautify
  8. gable
    the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
  9. flats
    footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel)
  10. ascend
    travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
  11. peculiarly
    in a manner differing from the usual or expected
  12. turquoise
    a shade of blue tinged with green
  13. invest
    make an investment
  14. lyricism
    the property of being suitable for singing
  15. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  16. redolence
    a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
  17. evoked
    called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation
  18. tinny
    thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance
  19. infatuated
    marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
  20. fluency
    powerful and effective language
  21. cosmopolitan
    of worldwide scope or applicability
  22. intermingle
    combine into one
  23. overlapping
    covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)