Inherit the Wind Act I Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary Definitions  Select the vocabulary word that corresponds to each of the following definitions.

 the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country

 Answer: Hinterland

 characterized by firmness, steadfastness, or loyalty

 Answer: Staunch

 to lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth; to enjoy a pleasant situation

 Answer: bask

 to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt. a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt expression

 Answer: sneer

 a railroad or bus station; a storehouse or warehouse, as a building where freight is deposited

 Answer: Depot

 great eloquence in speech

 Answer: Oratorical

 deeply agitated

 Answer: Distraught

 a person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity

 Answer: Infidel

 having a kindly disposition disposition

 Answer: Benign

 to give up (an alleged fugitive or criminal) to another state or nation at its request.

 Answer: extradite

 a gloomy or threatening look

 Answer: Scowl

 disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious

 Answer: haughtily

 an officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriff's deputy, employed to execute writs and processes, make arrests, keep order in the court

 Answer: Bailiff

 rank, unpleasant, and stale

 Answer: Rancid

 making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud

 Answer: Arrogant

 a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer. To publicize, announce, or advertise by means of placards.

 Answer: Placard

 ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of an unsophisticated person from a rural area.

 Answer: Caricatured rubes

 extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.

 Answer: Gaunt

 a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.

 Answer: Valise

 anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle

 Answer: Heretic

 to step, walk, or trample so as to press, crush, or injure something. to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk set

 Answer: Tread

 the right to vote, especially in a political election

 Answer: Suffrage

 the male head of a family or tribal line line

 Answer: patriarch

 portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening

 Answer: Ominous

 having a large and protruding belly; potbellied

 Answer: Paunchy

 pure; unsullied; untouched

 Answer: virginal

 a leisurely walk or ramble; to stroll

 Answer: Saunter

 any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use.

 Answer: Halyards

 to chuckle gleefully/a gleeful chuckle

 Answer: Chortles

 equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity

 Answer: Paraphernalia