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Twelfth Night Vocabulary #1
Tyler Cooper, Period 3, 3/22/13, Project #4
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Language - English
8th Grade
03/21/2013

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Surfeiting
Definition
excesessive amount of an object
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Abatement
Definition
ending; lessening of something
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Pestilence
Definition
a fatal, wide-spreading disease.
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Veil
Definition
a peice of material worn by women to cover their face.
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Perchance
Definition
perhaps; by any chance
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Beauteous
Definition
beautiful
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Eunuch
Definition
employed bodyguard to protect the women's livinf areas at a n oriental court.
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Ducats
Definition
gold coin (current used in most European countries).
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Coistrel
Definition
tank for storing water.
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Belie
Definition
failing to give a true impression; disguise or contradict.
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Semblative
Definition
resembling
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Gaskins
Definition
moscular part of a horse's leg (between stifle and hock)
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Syllogism
Definition
form of reasoning; conclusion is made by two propositions that share something with the conclusion and a common or middle turn that isn't in the conclusion.
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Peascod
Definition
pod of a pea
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Codling
Definition
immature fish or cooking apples of long tapering shape.
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Divulged
Definition
make known
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Extravagancy
Definition
lack of restraint with money or other resources.
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Churlish
Definition
rude in a cruel-spirited way
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Equinoctial
Definition
happening or near the time when the sun crosses the celsetial equator.
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Mellifluous
Definition
sweet or musical
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Misdemeanors
Definition
minor wrongdoing
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Taffeta
Definition
lustrous silk
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Contemplative
Definition
expressing a prolonged thought
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Portend
Definition
to be a sign or warning on what is going to happen.
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Scruple
Definition
doubt or hesitation to a course of action
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Demure
Definition
reserved, modest, shy
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Disposition
Definition
person's inherent quality of the mind or character.
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Pilcher
Definition
scabbard (sword)
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Gait
Definition
the way a person walks.
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Vouchsafed
Definition
to give or grant something in a gracious, kindly mannered way.
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