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English- Merchant of Venice Vocab
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36
Grammar
9th Grade
01/12/2011

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edifice
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very large building
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mirth
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gladness and merriment
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jaundice
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prejudiced based on distorted reasoning
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peevish
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fretful; obstinate
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gravity
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seriousness importance
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melancholy
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depression or sadness
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prodigal
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wasteful; a person given to extravagance
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presages
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something that foreshadows a future event
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surfeit
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overindulge
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superfluity
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beyond what is needed or required; excess
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imputation
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blame or charge towards someone
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gratis
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free
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spurn
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to reject or refuse with hostility
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burnished
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to make shiny or polish by rubbing
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bestow
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to grant or give
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impertinence
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rude, not within the proper bounds of manners
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demurely
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serious, reserved
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quaintly
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unusual in character or appearance
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obscured
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difficult to see, vague
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tarry
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to delay in coming or going, to linger
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aloof
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apart, detached
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dulcet
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pleasing to the ear, melodious
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wanton
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immoral, lewd
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gambols
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to playfully skip or leap
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entreat
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a plea, an earnest request
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amity
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friendship
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obdurate
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extremely stubborn, unwilling to accept advice
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malice
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desire to harm others
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epitaph
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an inscription in memory of a dead person (on a tombstone)
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impugn
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to blame or to charge
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mitigate
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to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe.
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perjury
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false statement under oath
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grievous
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characterized by severe suffering or sorrow; serious or grave
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vehement
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forcefully expressing emotion or conviction
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abate
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to reduce in intensity or amount
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zeal
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enthusiasm, fervor
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