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Twelfth Night
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English
8th Grade
12/11/2013

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Surfeit

Definition

indulge (one's appetite) to satiety.

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Abatement

Definition

the act of abating

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Fancy

Definition
not plain;decorative or ornamented.
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Brine

Definition

A strong solution of salt and water used for pickling

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Provident

Definition

Providing carefully for the future.

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Prattle

Definition

Speak (abcut unimportant matters) rapidy and incessantly.

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Virtuous

Definition

Morally excellent

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Virtue

Definition

The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.

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Eunuch

Definition

A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction

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Prodigal

Definition

Recklessl avasteful

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Accost

Definition

Speak to someone

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Strife

Definition

Bitter conflict;heated often violent dissension

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Transgress

Definition

Act in disregard of laws,rules,contracts, or promises

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Amends

Definition

Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong.

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Catechize

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Folly

Definition
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
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Reprove

Definition
take to task
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Feigned

Definition
not dontride
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Homage

Definition
respectful defuerence
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Nonpareil

Definition
model ofercellence or perfertion of a kind;one having no equal
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Gracious

Definition

characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects

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Canton

Definition
song, ballad, verse
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Catch

Definition

take note of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

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Contemn

Definition

despise, scorn, treat with contempt

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Peevish

Definition

1.silly, foolish; or: headstrong, impulsive

2.    obstinate, perverse, self-willed [contrast modern sense of ‘irritable, morose’]

3.      fretful, irritable, ill-tempered                                 

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Extort

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1.torture, abuse, wring

    2.extract with force, wring out                            

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Mirth

Definition

greetmerriment

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Endure

Definition

1. let, allow, permit

      2.undergo, suffer, put up with

     3.live out a life, continue in existence

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Mitigation

Definition

lowering, softening, quietening

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Uncivil

Definition

uncivilized, barbarous, unrefined

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