Vocab #2

Introductory lines of a play; the preface to a literary work; an introductory or preceding event

• Prologue

• Protagonist

• Dialogue

• Misanthrope

An opinion without proof; guesswork; to speculate; to guess

• Allegory

• Prologue

• Conjecture

• Terse

Brief and to the point; concise

• Misanthrope

• Terse

• Conjecture

• Dissolute

An individual who dislikes or distrusts other human beings

• Ferocity

• Incongruous

• Protagonist

• Misanthrope

A symbolic story in which people, settings, or actions represent ideas or moral qualities

• Incongruous

• Allegory

• Misanthrope

• Despicable

Lacking moral restraint; very wicked; immoral; undisciplined

• Dissolute

• Protagonist

• Allegory

• Ferocity

The main character in a story or play; a person who plays a leading or active part in something

• Dissolute

• Ferocity

• Protagonist

• Allegory

Contemptible; deserving of scorn; vile

• Conjecture

• Despicable

• Terse

• Ferocity

Not suitable or appropriate; not consistent; not conforming to a pattern

• Allegory

• Ferocity

• Dissolute

• Incongruous

The quality or state of being fierce, savage, or relentless

• Prologue

• Allegory

• Ferocity

• terse