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AICE English Lit > A Midsummer Night's Dream: Comprehensive Vocabulary Review > Flashcards

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Comprehensive Vocabulary Review Flashcards

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apace

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quickly, a fast pace

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wane

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to decrease

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dowager

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an older wealthy woman, usually a widow

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mirth

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amusement

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pomp

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vain display of importance or great splendor

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revel

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to have fun, to party

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vexation

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provoked to irritability, anxiety

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consent

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permission, agreement

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feign

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pretend

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entreat

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to plead, AND to beg

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abjure

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to give up, do without

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beseech

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beg

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waggish

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a funny or witty person

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visage

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face, expression

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perjure

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to lie

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err

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to make a mistake

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base

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inferior

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vile

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worthless

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edict

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formal proclamation or command

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league

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a distance of about 3 miles

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nuptial

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relating to marriage

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beguile

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to cheat, mislead, deceive

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sovereignty

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supreme authority

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pensioner

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Queen Elizabeth’s bodyguard, in splendid uniform

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anon

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soon

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savor

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to enjoy, relish

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changeling

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in folklore, a child who is swapped for another by fairies

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*square

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quarrel

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loffe

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laugh

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wanton

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carefree, promiscuous

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forsooth

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in truth, indeed

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pelting

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insignificant

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odorous

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fragrant

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votr’ess

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someone who has taken a vow to serve another

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*chide

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to fight, brawl

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leviathan

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giant see monster

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juice

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flower nectar

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page

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boy attending a knight

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pun

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a humorous play on words that involves a word or phrase that has more than one possible meaning

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sprite

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spirit, fairy

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*cross

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oppose, resist

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parlous

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uncertain

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odious

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hateful, disgusting

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chide

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scolded

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knavery

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dishonest or deceitful behavior

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casement

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a window that opens on hinges instead of up and down

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gleek

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to make a joke

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cue

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a line or action that prompts an actor to say his, her, or their next line

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counterfeit

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phony, fake

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maypole

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tall and skinny pole used in May Day celebrations, decorated with ribbons

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shrewd

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argumentative

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vixen

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a woman who is malicious with a fierce temper

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fray

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a rough and tumble fight

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sojourn

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travel

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ouzel

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blackbird

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gambol

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to skip or leap about

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fruitless

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idle, empty

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turn

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alter, change

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press

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urge, push

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chronicle

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written up in histories

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abate

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cut short

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Additional term: malopropism

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the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one for comedic effect

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