VOCAB+VISIT

//The Visit//

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
 * enigma** n. a mystery or conundrum
 * temperament** n. personality
 * arbitrate** v. decide

//The Visit//

Vocab. Act II


 * Week 2**


 * repentance** n. regret/ sorrow
 * prosperity** n. wealth
 * avarice** n. greed
 * gratitude** n. appreciation
 * impoverish** v. to make somebody or something poor