A Streetcar Named Desire: Scene One, Opening Stage Directions

Joseph H. (United States of America)
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 disreputability
  4. weathered
    worn by exposure to the elements
  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 triangular wall between the sloping ends of a roof
  9. flats
    footwear with no heel
  10. ascend
    travel up
  11. peculiarly
    in a manner differing from the usual or expected
  12. turquoise
    a shade of blue tinged with green
  13. invest
    lay out money or resources in an enterprise
  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, metallic, and displeasing in sound
  19. infatuated
    marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
  20. fluency
    powerful and effective language
  21. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
  22. intermingle
    mix or become mixed
  23. overlapping
    with a design in which one element covers a part of another
Created on Sat Feb 20 13:23:49 EST 2010

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