A Streetcar Named Desire Vocab List 1

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Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance; showy

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Raffish

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Doubtfully, feeling uncertain, skeptical

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Dubiously

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To chat or give unwanted advice; mettle

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Kibitz

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Heavy curtains across a doorway

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Portieres

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Understood but not directly expressed; hinted or suggested; unspoken

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Implicit

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Belonging to the whole world; sophisticated; worldly

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Cosmopolitan

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Out of place, inappropriate, not in agreement with what is correct or logical; opposite

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Incongruous

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Varied, different, or unlike

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Heterogeneous

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Insincere, acting falsely, practicing beliefs not held

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Hypocritical

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Leaving suddenly; escaping

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Absconding