Othello Vocabulary Flashcards
(44 cards)
1
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Preferment
A
Promotion
2
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Obsequious
A
Fawning; showing servile compliance
3
Q
Grange
A
Farm; grainery
4
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Lascivious
A
Lecherous
5
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Deluding
A
Deceiving
6
Q
Promulgate
A
Officially announce
7
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Beguiled
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Diverted; taken away; also charmed or delighted
8
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Alacrity
A
Eagerness; quickness
9
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Shrift
A
Confessional
10
Q
Beseech
A
Earnestly request
11
Q
Wooed
A
Courted; dated
12
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Conspire
A
Secretly plot
13
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Importunity
A
Repeated requests
14
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Castigation
A
Punishment; criticism
15
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Advocation
A
A cause or path of action
16
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Suborned
A
Induced to commit a bad action of perjury
17
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Credulous
A
Gullible
18
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Reproach
A
Criticism; disgrace; blame; shame
19
Q
Wit
A
Intelligence; humor
20
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Inquity
A
Sin(s)
21
Q
Expostulate
A
Reason earnestly
22
Q
Mandate
A
Command; official instruction
23
Q
Bawdy
A
Vulgar; humorously course
24
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Insinuating
A
Introducing an idea subtlety
25
Incontinent
Uncontrolled; unrestrained
26
Mars
Damages; marks
27
Peril
Danger
28
Anon
Soon
29
Fie
Used to express distaste or disapproval
30
Pernicious
Deadly; destructive
31
Gratify
Reward; indulged; satisfy
32
Trifle
Something of little importance or value
33
Dismayed
Having lost courage
34
Malice
Spite; I'll will
35
Linger
To be slow in learning
36
Bombast
Puffed up; pompous
37
Surfeited
Conspicuously offensively
38
Tempest
Violent storm
39
Base
Fed to excess
40
Satiety
Common; low in station
41
Requisites
Requirements
42
Impediment
Something in the way; a hinderance
43
Egregiously
The condition of being overfilled or over gratified
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Perdition
Total ruin; damnation
