Mrs. Warren's Profession

Mrs. Warren's Profession Glossary

adroitly

cleverly skilled; ingeniously.

assizes

a judicial inquiry.

attitudinizing

posing for effect.

cant

insincere expressions of piety or righteousness.

chatelaine

a clasp worn at the waist by women, for suspending keys or other trinkets.

dissimulation

a feigned act or statement; hypocrisy.

distempered

painted in a whitewash.

impetuous

rash or impulsive.

inducement

something meant to lure or stimulate.

inexorable

not to be persuaded, unyielding.

irresolutely

doubtfully, without conviction.

jocularly

jokingly, in jest.

mantle

a loose cloak.

paling

a picket fence.

peremptoriness

dictatorial, leaving no room for disagreement or refusal.

querulousness

full of complaints.

remonstrating

pleading in protest.

snivelling

weeping, crying, or whining.

suavity

having courteous actions or manners.

tripos

one of various final honors examinations at Cambridge University.

unction

an excessive, earnest manner when speaking.

wrangler

a person placed in the first class in the mathematics tripos at Cambridge University.