Othello Vocabulary Flashcards
(44 cards)
1
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Tempest
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Violent Storm
2
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Base
A
Common: Low in Station
3
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Satiety
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Overfilled or Overgratified
4
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Requisites
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Requirements
5
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Impediment
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A hindrance
6
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Egregiously
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Conspicuously offensively
7
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Perdition
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Total ruin: Damnation
8
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Shrift
A
Confessional
9
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Beseech
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Earnestly request; to beg
10
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Wooed
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Courted; Dated
11
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Conspire
A
Secretly plot
12
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Importunity
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Repeated requests
13
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Castigation
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Punishment; criticism
14
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Advocation
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A cause or path of action
15
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Suborned
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Induced to commit a bad action or perjury
16
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Credulous
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Gullible
17
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Reproach
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Criticism; disgrace; blame; shame
18
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Wit
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Intelligence; humor
19
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Iniquity
A
Sins
20
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Expostulate
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Reason earnestly
21
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Mandate
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Command; Official Instruction
22
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Bawdy
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Vulgar; humorously coarse
23
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Insinuating
A
Introducing an idea subtlety
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Incontinent
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Uncontrolled; unrestrained
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Mars
Damages; marks
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Peril
Danger
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Anon
Soon
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Fie
Used to express distaste or disapproval
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Linger
To be slow in learning
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Pernicious
Deadly; Destructive
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Gratify
Reward; Indulge; Satisfy
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Trifle
Something of little importance or value
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Dismayed
Having lost courage
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Malice
Spite; ill-will
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Bombast
Pompous; Puffed up
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Preferment
Promotion
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Obsequious
Fawning; Showing servile compliance
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Grange
Farm; Grainery
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Lascivious
Lecherous
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Deluding
Deceiving
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Promulgate
Officially announce
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Beguiled
Diverted; Taken always; also charmed or delighted
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Alacrity
Eagerness; quickness
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Surfeited
Fed to excess
