Mrs. Dalloway Vocab

• adjective
• lively animated; gay

• adjective
• utmost; most complete

• noun
• a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and oftenprinted, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cottonfabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of otherpurposes.

• noun
• a woman who holds some title or property from herdeceased husband, especially the widow of a king, duke,etc. (often used as an additional title to differentiate herfrom the wife of the present king, duke, etc.):

• verb
• to wear or abrade by rubbing

reflect deeply on a subject

a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity

If it had been some Honourable Edith or Lady Violet, perhaps; but not that

engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking

inclined to or marked by drowsiness

of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC)

a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firear

tending to vanish like vapor

showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule. (noun)

obedient, dutiful (adj)

a wide-ranging and impressive array or display (noun)

of a sickly, yellow color. (adj)

deliberately affected or self conciously emotional, overl dramatic in behavior or speech.