Death of a Salesman

Michelle B. (United States of America)
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  1. angular
    having straight lines and sharp points or corners
  2. fragile
    easily broken or damaged or destroyed
  3. bedstead
    the framework of a bed
  4. dimly
    with a faint light
  5. exhaustion
    extreme fatigue
  6. jovial
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  7. repression
    control by holding down
  8. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  9. irritation
    something that causes annoyance or trouble
  10. vital
    performing an essential function in the living body
  11. accommodating
    obliging; willing to do favors
  12. undercurrent
    a feeling or tendency that is not explicitly expressed
  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 not guided by practical considerations
  21. avidly
    in a zealous manner
  22. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  23. indignantly
    in a manner showing anger at something unjust or wrong
  24. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  25. initiative
    readiness to embark on bold new ventures
  26. anemic
    relating to or having a deficiency of red blood cells
  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
  30. withering
    any weakening or degeneration
  31. rollicking
    given to merry frolicking
  32. nervy
    offensively bold
  33. correspondence
    an attribute of a shape or relation
  34. stocking
    the activity of supplying a stock of something
  35. shaky
    vibrating slightly and irregularly
  36. cellar
    a room that is partly or wholly below ground level
  37. vengeful
    disposed to take action in return for a perceived wrong
  38. magnificence
    splendid or imposing in size or appearance
  39. frenzy
    state of violent mental agitation
Created on Wed Jan 21 01:44:05 EST 2009

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