<p>“The Visit” Glossary of Terms amicably with friendliness; cooperatively amnestied pardoned</p><p> angler a person who schemes to get something</p><p> apostle an early leader of a new reform movement</p><p> arbitrate to settle; to mediate</p><p> assiduous persistent; diligent</p><p> bankrupt in a state of financial ruin; destitute</p><p> bawd a prostitute</p><p> benefactrice a woman who gives monetary aid as a gift Brahms</p><p>German classical composer (1833-1897)</p><p> brandy an alcoholic drink made from distilled fruit juice</p><p> brazen self-assured; insolent</p><p> bribe a benefit given in exchange for certain conduct</p><p> cask a barrel containing liquids</p><p> clangor a loud clanging noise</p><p> coffers funds; a treasury</p><p>Cognac a high quality brandy</p><p> commandeered taken by force; appropriated communism a political system where an authoritarian state controls the economy and divides goods equally amongst the citizens toward a collective vision of social order</p><p> commuter a train transporting individuals back and forth from home to work (usually from the countryside or suburbs to a larger city)</p><p> compatriots fellow citizens</p><p> condone to excuse and allow</p><p> connive to scheme; to plan an illegal action</p><p> conscience one's sense of right and wrong</p><p> consternation a state of terror</p><p> corpse a dead body</p><p>Court of Appeal a court to which appeals are made with regard to the judgment of a lower court crockery pots, jars, and dishes</p><p> denunciation a public denouncement</p><p> distrain to seize goods or property to force the payment of a debt</p><p> emigrated to migrate to another country</p><p> emphatically forcefully expressed</p><p> endowment a gift of funds or property to a group</p><p> eunuch a man whose testes have been removed and traditionally guards a woman's bedchamber</p><p> exorbitant outrageously high</p><p> foundry a factory where metal is melted and cast</p><p>Goethe famous German poet, writer, and scientist (1749-1832)</p><p> grotesquerie the state of being distorted and unnatural</p><p> homely plain; unattractive</p><p> homicidal capable of murder</p><p> humanitarian one who advances the general human welfare; one who helps alleviate suffering</p><p> impassively without emotion or expression</p><p> indignation anger at an injustice</p><p> infernal demonic; hellish; cruel</p><p> ironmongery a hardware store</p><p> laymen ordinary men without expert knowledge (not a part of the professional class or of the clergy)</p><p> liturgy a form or rite of public worship</p><p> lorgnette opera glasses</p><p> marrow the tender innermost part of the bone</p><p> metamorphose to transform</p><p> misdemeanors petty crimes</p><p> morale state of confidence</p><p> nihilistic extremely skeptical of moral values oath a promise to tell the truth</p><p> on credit or account to make purchases with the promise to pay later</p><p> opera-recitative a passage sung in the rhythm of natural speech</p><p> opium a highly addictive narcotic derived from poppy flowers</p><p> outmoded no longer fashionable; no longer useful</p><p> pallid lacking color; wan</p><p> paternity fatherhood</p><p> pawned to give some thing as a pledge on a loan</p><p> periphery the outer boundary; perimeter perjury the deliberate breach of an oath to tell the truth by giving false testimony</p><p> perseverance persistence; tenacity; determination</p><p> piteous arousing compassion</p><p> poacher someone who illegally hunts or catches fish</p><p> portals entryways</p><p> portentous overbearing pompousness</p><p> prodigal lavish; extravagent; generous</p><p> ramrod to watch over and force</p><p> ramshackle ill-kept; broken-down; disintegrating redeem to make free of debt; to restore honor</p><p> sedan-chair a covered chair for one person, usually lifted by two men</p><p> serviette a napkin</p><p> soughing murmuring; sighing</p><p> soutane a long garment worn by the clergy with buttons down the front</p><p> spectre an apparition or ghost</p><p> spires steeples; the top part of a structure that tapers into a point</p><p> spurn to reject with scorn</p><p> starlet a young actress predicted to become a great film star stethoscope a medical instrument used to listen to the body</p><p> tatterdemalion ragged; shabby</p><p> threadbare old and frayed</p><p> toil to work under difficult conditions</p><p> trysting-place a meeting place; a designated place for a secret rendezvous</p><p> tuberculosis an infectious disease where bacteria collects in the lungs</p><p>Related Content for The Visit</p>