Much ado about nothing spelling Flashcards
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Cozened
cheated, deceived. Act. II Scene 2, Line 38: “… intend a kind of zeal both to the Prince and Claudio, as in love of your brother’s honor, who hath made this match, and his friend’s reputation, who is thus like to be cozened with the semblance of a maid.
cheated, deceived. Act. II Scene 2, Line 38: “… intend a kind of zeal both to the Prince and Claudio, as in love of your brother’s honor, who hath made this match, and his friend’s reputation, who is thus like to be cozened with the semblance of a maid.
C-o-z-e-n-e-d
Disdainful
contemptuous, haughty. Act II Scene 1, Line 127: “That I was disdainful, and that I had my good wit out of The Hundred Merry Tales!”
contemptuous, haughty. Act II Scene 1, Line 127: “That I was disdainful, and that I had my good wit out of The Hundred Merry Tales!”
D-i-s-d-a-i-n-f-u-l
DISPARAGE
to speak contemptuously, to vilify. Act III Scene 2, Line 121: “I will disparage her no farther till you are my witnesses.”
to speak contemptuously, to vilify. Act III Scene 2, Line 121: “I will disparage her no farther till you are my witnesses.”
D-I-S-P-A-R-A-G-E
DISSEMBLER
hypocrite. Act V Scene 1, Line 59: “Marry, thou dost wrong me, thou dissembler, thou.”
hypocrite. Act V Scene 1, Line 59: “Marry, thou dost wrong me, thou dissembler, thou.”
D-I-S-S-E-M-B-L-E-R
EPIGRAM
a short, sarcastic poem: Act V, Scene 4, Line 106: “Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?”
a short, sarcastic poem: Act V, Scene 4, Line 106: “Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?”
E-P-I-G-R-A-M
IMPEDIMENT
hindrance, obstruction, objection, obstacle: Act II, Scene 2, Line 4: “Any bar, any cross, any impediment will be med’cinable to me.
hindrance, obstruction, objection, obstacle: Act II, Scene 2, Line 4: “Any bar, any cross, any impediment will be med’cinable to me.
I-M-P-E-D-I-M-E-N-T
