Words

teach; implant

lively; brisk; animated

convention of drama in which a character, alone on stage, speaks aloud to himself and so reveals his thoughts to the audience

unexpected power or event who resolves the conflicts in a play by special intervention; any contrived device to resolve the entanglements of a plot.

work on to absurd lengths

abstaining from sexual intercourse

penitent; sorry for one's sins

oddly humorous; whimsical

involve in strife

short-lived

unrehearsed

dull; flat; uninteresting

qualifying; mitigating

trite; commonplace

fill someone or something with a particular feeling, quality,or idea