HWL Faces of Drama word list

Anne L. (United States of America)
This list of words corresponds with the works from our Drama unit in Honors World Literature.
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  1. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  2. nemesis
    a personal foe or rival that cannot be easily defeated
  3. hamartia
    the character flaw or error of a tragic hero
  4. catharsis
    purging of emotional tensions
  5. catastrophe
    a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  6. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  7. resonant
    characterized by a loud deep sound
  8. appease
    make peace with
  9. semblance
    the outward or apparent appearance or form of something
  10. besiege
    surround so as to force to give up
  11. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  12. prophecy
    a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
  13. wield
    handle effectively
  14. visage
    the human face
  15. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
  16. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  17. covetous
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
  18. hearsay
    gossip passed around by word of mouth
  19. vagabond
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
  20. wit
    verbal skill that has the power to evoke laughter
  21. convention
    orthodoxy from conforming with accepted standards
    an unrealistic device that the audience agrees to tolerate
  22. repartee
    adroitness and cleverness in reply
  23. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  24. sovereign
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  25. accost
    approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
  26. pestilence
    any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  27. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  28. peevish
    easily irritated or annoyed
  29. epistle
    a specially long, formal letter
  30. infirmity
    the state of being weak in health or body
  31. laudable
    worthy of high praise
  32. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  33. notorious
    known widely and usually unfavorably
  34. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  35. oxymoron
    conjoined contradictory terms
  36. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  37. quarrel
    an angry dispute
Created on Fri Jun 01 07:21:29 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Oct 30 08:09:18 EDT 2023)

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