Cyrano de Bergerac
Vocabulary

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Or union, without witness—secret— Clandestine—can be easily dissolved If we survive.

clandestine = secret

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Blessed be the moment when you condescend— Remembering that humbly I exist

condescend = to do something considered beneath one's position or dignity

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Ah, credulity of love!

credulity = gullibility (being too willing to believe)

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Your dear thoughts have now effaced That beauty that so won me at the outset.

effaced = remove completely from recognition or memory — sometimes by erasing

or:

to make oneself inconspicuous or unimportant

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He hath an eloquent tongue in telling his love?

eloquent = powerful use of language

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the grave emotion that a tear engenders

engenders = causes

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Here are six excellent expedients!

expedients = actions that are speedy or practical

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—I come to crave your pardon.  (Ay, 'tis time
To sue for pardon, now that death may come!)
For the insult done to you when, frivolous,
At first I loved you only for your face!

frivolous = not serious

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DE GUICHE (controlling himself, haughtily):  Do you think I will eat your leavings?

haughtily = condescendingly (in a superior or self-important manner)

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The marquises in insolent attitudes seated on each side of the stage.

insolent = rudely disrespectful

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Monsieur de Bergerac.

Monsieur = Mr. (in French)

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CYRANO (coming nearer, passionately):
  Ay, a new tone!  In the tender, sheltering dusk
  I dare to be myself for once,—at last!
(He stops, falters):
  What say I? I know not!—Oh, pardon me—
  It thrills me,—'tis so sweet, so novel. . .

novel = pleasantly new and original

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A marquis (watching De Guiche, who comes down from Roxane's box, and crosses the pit surrounded by obsequious noblemen)

obsequious = excessively eager to flatter or serve

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You might have said at least a hundred things
By varying the tone. . .like this, suppose,. . .
Aggressive:  'Sir, if I had such a nose
I'd amputate it!'  ...
Pedantic:  'That beast Aristophanes
Names Hippocamelelephantoles
Must have possessed just such a solid lump
Of flesh and bone, beneath his forehead's bump!'
...
Dramatic:  'When it bleeds, what a Red Sea!'

pedantic = too concerned with book learning

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But swear he shall be prudent?

prudent = sensible and careful

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whimsical, wild, comical as he is

whimsical = playfully impulsive