Velasquez Diego Rodriquez de Silva y Velásquez (1599–1660), Spanish painter.
Verona a city in northeastern Italy, the setting for Romeo and Juliet, in which Sibyl will perform that night.
victoria a low, light, four-wheeled carriage for two with a folding top and an elevated driver's seat in front.
vinaigrette French, from Old French vinaigre, "vinegar"; a small, often decorated container used for aromatic restoratives, such as smelling salts or vinegar solutions.
visage facial expression; appearance.
Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813–83), German poet and composer, known for his stirring, nationalistic music.
wainscoting paneling; finishing the lower part of an interior wall with materials different from the upper part.
wan unnaturally pale; weary; ill.
Webster John Webster (1580–1625), English dramatist and tragedian whom many rate second only to Shakespeare in the early seventeenth century.
Winckelmann Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–68), German philosopher, archaeologist, and art historian.
