VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT

• breathlessly


  panting or gasping for breath due to exertion; shows or expresses great excitement or nervousness
• co-wife


  any of the women married to the same man
• hunger-stricken


  act of refusing to eat for a long period of time to protect
• enthroned


  to seat in a place associated with a position of authority or influence; take their role during a ceremony
• enviable


  highly desirable; capable of awakening an ardent desire to possess or to resemble
• disobeying


  to refuse to do something you are told to do so
• bewitching


  powerfully or seductively attractive or charming
• marriage


  the state of being united as spouses in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law
• entangled


  to involve in a perplexing or troublesome situation; cause to become twisted together with
• panicky


  feeling or characterized by uncontrollable fear or anxiety; anxious about something
• intermittent


  random
• puttering


  moving in a casual way, unhurried way
• entranced


  filled with wonder
• ebbing


  widespread
• illumination


  glowing light
• regression


  to advance
• phantom


  something existing in appearance only
• peered


  to look narrowly or curiously
• alibi


  an excuse usually intended to avert blame or punishment
• murmur


  complain; grumble
• chorus


  a company of singers and dancers in aethenian drama, participating or commenting
• thespian


  an actor; one who acts in plays
• tragedy


  a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force
• scene


  a division of an act presenting continuous action in one place
• hypocrite


  a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion