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Othello Vocab
Vocab from Shakespeare's Othello.
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English
10th Grade
01/20/2011

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lascivious
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arousing sexual desire, inclined to lustfulness
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engluts
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gulps down, swallows
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beguilded
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to influence by trickery, flattery, charm
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slubber
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to do something hastily or carelessly
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bereft
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deprived, lacking in something one wants
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sensuality
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unstrained indulgence in sensual pleasures
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pox
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plague, curse
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cuckold
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the husband of an unfaithful wife
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engendered
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conceived, hatched, begun
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prattle
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to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble
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egregiously
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extraordinary in some bad way, notorious
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perdition
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utter disaster, ruin, or destruction
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rogue
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a dishonest person; scoundrel, a playfully mischievous person
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beseech
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to beg or plead
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discretion
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freedom of judgement or choice
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prithee
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I pray thee; please
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suitor
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a man who courts or woos a woman
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ruminate
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to meditate, ponder, or think about
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loathe
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to hate or despise
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wayward
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turned away from what is right or proper
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vengeance
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infliction of injury, harm, or humiliation on another who has done one harm; violent revenge
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dissemble
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to hid behind false appearance, to pretend
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vile
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highly offensive, unpleasant, or objectionable
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hypocrisy
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a pretense of having a virtuous character or moral or religious beliefs or principles that one does not really possess
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dotage
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excessive fondness; foolish affection
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impudent
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shameless or blatantly immodest, showing no courtesy
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strumpet
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slang term meaning prostitute; harlot
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insinuating
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to suggest or hint slyly
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harlotry
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prostitution
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purgatory
Definition
place of temporary punishment or suffering
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restitution
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the restoration of property or rights previously taken away or surrendered
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alabaster
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smooth and white, often referring to perfect skin
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portents
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omens, warnings
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pernicious
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deadly, fatal; evil, wicked
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amorous
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in love or enamored with someone
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notorious
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widely and unfavorably known
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