Vocabulary #14

1. (n) retaliation; an act of revenge or retribution (Syn: avending, vengeance - Ant: sympathy, kindness)
3. The purging of the feelings of pity and fear that, according to Aristotle, occur in the audience of tragic drama. The audience experiences catharsis at the end of the play, following the catastrophe. (Examples: Oedipus, Juliet - Romeo is DEAD!)
5. (v) to cause to dry out; to deplete all moisture from an object (Syn: anhydrate, dehumidify - Ant: soak)
8. (n) an introduction or overture, especially to a musical performance (Syn: forward, commencement - Ant: epilogue, ending)
9. A speech on stage alone that allows the character to speak his or her thoughts aloud for audience to hear / soap opera style (Examples: Hamlet - "To be or not to be", Soap Operas)
11. (adj) sorrowful or sullen; broodingly gloomy. (Syn: sulky, glum - Ant: happy)
12. (adj) extremely distasteful; detestable (Syn: repulsive, repellent - Ant: attractive)
13. (adj) requiring excessive or illegal interest to be paid on a loan (Syn: extorting, greedy - Ant: unselfish)
14. (v) to guess, imagine or deduce (Syn: assumption, conjecture - Ant: calculation)
15. (v) to confine and isolate (Syn: insulate, close off - Ant: reveal)

2. (adj) large and glorious, as a palace (Syn: luxurious, grand - Ant: tiny)
4. A device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play (Examples: Hamlet - A little more thinking and less than kind, Romeo and Juliet- Fearful event, party Malcolm in the Middle)
6. Conclusion of any literary work, providing necessary exposition to end the story. Sometimes progresses story farther than actual conclusion did. (Examples: October Sky - The Rocket Boys book, Remember the Titans)
7. Introduction of any literary work, especially in a play, that provides necessary exposition to the story. (Examples: Romeo and Juliet Prologue, Star Wars Introduction)
10. (adj) inactive or at rest (Syn: dormant, idle - Ant: active)