OTHELLO – VOCABULARY WORDS - SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

OTHELLO – VOCABULARY WORDS

1.    affinity - a natural attraction or feeling of kinship

2.    agile - moving quickly and lightly

3.    alacrity - liveliness and eagerness

4.    amiable - diffusing warmth and friendliness

5.    baseness - unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values

6.    beguile - attract; cause to be enamored

7.    bestial - resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

8.          bestow - give as a gift –

9.          boisterous - full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

10. bombast - pompous or pretentious talk or writing

11. candid - openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness

12. carnal - of or relating to the body or flesh

13. castigation - verbal punishment

14. circumspection - knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

15. consecrate - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

16. cynically - with cynicism; in a cynical manner

17. defunct  - no longer in force or use; inactive

18. desolate - providing no shelter or sustenance

19. dilatory - wasting time

20. discern - detect with the senses

21. discord - lack of agreement or harmony

22. discretion - the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

23. edified - instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement

24. enmesh - entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

25. entreat - ask for or request earnestly

26. epithet - descriptive word or phrase

27. facile - arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth

28. forbear - a person from whom you are descended

29. fulsome - unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

30. garner - store grain

31. grave - a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

32. guileless - free of deceit

33. hideous - grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

34. homage - respectful deference

35. impervious - not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

36. insolent - marked by casual disrespect

37. laconic - brief and to the point; effectively cut short

38. lechery - unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity

39. lethargy - inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

40. malice - feeling a need to see others suffer

41. malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice

42. malignant - dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)

43. mitigate - lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

44. mutiny - open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

45. obscure - not clearly understood or expressed

46. odious - unequivocally detestable

47. palpable - capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt

48. paradox - (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

49. paragon - an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

50. peevish - easily irritated or annoyed

51. penitent - feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

52. perdition - (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

53. pernicious - exceedingly harmful

54. profane - grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

55. propriety - correct or appropriate behavior

56. ruffian - a cruel and brutal fellow

57. ruminate - reflect deeply on a subject

58. sated - satisfied

59. sordidness - unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values

60. subjugate - make subservient; force to submit or subdue

61. surfeited - reach the limits

62. traduce - speak unfavorably about

63. usurped -

64. vehement  - marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

65. verve - an energetic style

66. virtuosity - technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso

67. wanton - lewd or lascivious woman

68. warrant - formal and explicit approval

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