VOCAB+GODOT

//Godot// Vocab. Act I


 * Week 1**


 * tragicomedy** n. a play that combines the elements of tragedy and comedy either by providing a happy ending to a potentially tragic story or by some more complex blending of serious and light moods
 * the absurd** n. the modern sense of human purposelessness in a universe without meaning or value (Kafka…)
 * absurdist theater** n. a genre abandoning logical form, character, and dialogue
 * avant-garde** n. the French military and political term for the vanguard of an army or political movement extended to a group of artists and writers that believe art is an experiment and revolt against tradition


 * seminal** adj. original/ influential/ containing or contributing the seeds of later development
 * brooding** adj. appearing darkly menacing/ deep unhappiness
 * appalled** v. greatly dismayed or horrified
 * bog** n. wet, spongy ground
 * bough** n. the main branch of a tree

//Godot// Vocab. Act II


 * oozes** v. slowly trickle or leak out of something
 * furious** adj. extremely angry
 * contradict** v. deny the truth by asserting the opposite
 * exasperated** v. extremely tired
 * vehemently** adv. intensely emotional/ deeply felt
 * desist** v. to cease to proceed or act