The Picture of Dorian Gray Vocabulary List

The Picture of Dorian Gray Vocabulary be given 1 (Q2) Precis (noun) Make summary of. I know she goes in for giving a rapid precis of all her guests. (Pg. 14) Ravelled (verb) To tangle or entangle. How horribly unjust of you cried Lord Henry, tilting his hat back and looking up at the little clouds that, like ravelled skeins of glossy white silk, were drifting crosswise the hollowed turquoise of the summer sky. (Pg. 15) Candour (noun) The state or quality of world frank, cleared, and sincere in speech or expression candidness. All the paleness of youth was in that respect, as well as all youths passionate purity. (Pg. 26) reign (noun) Rightful status, independence, or prerogative. It has its divine right of sovereignty. (Pg. 35) Hedonism (noun) Doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good. A new Hedonismthat is what our century wants. (Pg. 36) Staccato (adjective) Shortened or detached when played or sung. Suddenly the painter appeared at the approach of the stu dio and made staccato signs for them to come in. (Pg. 37) Caprice (noun) Sudden, unpredictable change, as of ones mind or the weather. The only difference between a mood and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. (Pg. 38) vermillion (noun) A bright red, to reddish-orange color. It is quite finished, he cried at last, and stooping take in he wrote his name in long vermilion letters on the left- accomplish corner of the canvas. (Pg. 38) Panegyric (noun) Formal or work up praise. whence had come Lord Henry Wotton with his strange panegyric on youth, his dread(prenominal) warning of its brevity. (Pg. 40) Wizen (verb) To wither shrivel up dry up. Yes, there would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen, his look dim and colourless, the grace of his figure broken and deformed. (Pg. 40) Divan (noun) A sofa or couch, with no arms or back, often usable as a bed. The hot tears welled into his eyes he tore his hand away and, flinging himself on the divan, he buried his face in the cushions, as though he was praying. (Pg. 42) Hansom (noun) A low-hung, two-wheeled, covered vehicle wasted by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver being mounted on an elevated quarter behind and the reins running over the roof. Come, Mr.Gray, my hansom is outside, and I can drop you at your own place. Good-bye, Basil. It has been a most evoke laternoon. -Lord Henry (Pg. 48) Indolence (adjective) Disliking work or effort lazy idle. His capture had been our ambassador at Madrid when Isabella was young and Prim unthought of, exclusively had retired from the diplomatic service in a capricious moment of headache on not being offered the Embassy at Paris, a post to which he considered that he was fully entitled by reason of his birth, his indolence, the good face of his dispatches, and his inordinate passion for pleasure. (Pg. 49) Collieries (noun) A coal mine, including all buildings and equipment. He paying some attention to the mana gement of his collieries in the Midland counties, excusing himself for this taint of labor on the ground that the one advantage of having coal was that it enabled a humans to afford the decency of burning wood on his own hearth. (Pg. 49) Cheroot (noun) A cigar having open ends. When Lord Henry entered the live, he found his uncle sitting in a rough shooting-coat, smoking a cheroot and grumbling over The Times. (Pg. 49) Facile (adjective) Moving, acting, working, proceeding, and so on , with ease, sometimes with superficiality. He invented a facile excuse, and having taken the vacant seat next to her, looked round to see who was there. (Pg. 57) Liveried (adjective) Clad in liverish as servants. At last, liveried in the costume of the age, reality entered the room in the shape of a servant to tell the duchess that her carriage was waiting. (Pg. 65) set forth (verb) To explain interpret. Some day, when you are tired of London, come down to Treadley and amplify to me your phil osophy of pleasure over some admirable Burgundy I am fortunate enough to possess. (Pg. 67) Cosmopolitan (noun) A person who is free from local, provincial, or national bias or attachment citizen of the world. Makes it quite cosmopolitan, doesnt it? You have never been to any of my parties, have you, Mr. Gray? (Pg. 71) Brocade (noun) Fabric woven with an elaborate design, esp. one having a raised overall pattern. I went to look after a piece of old brocade in Wardour Street and had to wad for hours for it. (Pg. 72)