Act I
Apoplexy- noun- a stroke
Candid- adj- open and honest
Commerce- n- business
Constituted-adj.- made up of; built from
Contempt- adj. disrespect
Disposition- n- nature; personality
Earnest- adj- honest
Expurgation- n- the clearing up of something wrong or objectionable (syn: censor)
Governess-n- a woman who teaches a child in a home
Immaterial- adj- of no consequence; irrelevant
Improbably- adv. unlikely
Incomparable- adj. Lacking similarity to anything
Incomprehensible- adj- unable to be understood
Indecorous- adj- inappropriate; unfitting for a social occasion
Invalid- n- one that is ill, sickly, disabled
Metaphysical- adj. Highly abstract or difficult to understand
Parcel- n- a package
Problematic- adj- presenting certain difficulties
Propound-v- to offer for consideration: propose
Recumbent-adj- lying down; being in a state of rest
Speculate- v- to think about something in which evidence is too slight for certainty to be reached.
Tedious- adj. - boring
To bunbury-v- to engage joyfully in actions of a deceptive and self-indulgent nature.

Act Two
Quixotic- adj. – idealistic to an impractical degree, esp. marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous acton.
Misanthrope- n. one who dislikes or detests his/her fellow man.
Calamity- n. – an enormous disaster
Extravagance- n.- excessive spending of money
Christen- v- to baptize, esp. in a ceremony that involves officially naming a child.
Reconciliation- n- the action of forgiveness; making friendly again.
Melancholy-n- depression of spirits: dejection, sadness.
Portmanteau-n- a suitcase
Philanthropic – adj- of, related to, or characterized by generosity (esp. financial)
Arduous-adj. Extremely difficult
Aristocracy- n- a social class characterized by wealth and social expectations that it brings.
Machinations-n- devious plans