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
soon
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savor
to enjoy, relish
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changeling
in folklore, a child who is swapped for another by fairies
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*square
quarrel
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loffe
laugh
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wanton
carefree, promiscuous
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forsooth
in truth, indeed
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pelting
insignificant
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odorous
fragrant
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votr'ess
someone who has taken a vow to serve another
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*chide
to fight, brawl
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leviathan
giant see monster
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juice
flower nectar
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page
boy attending a knight
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pun
a humorous play on words that involves a word or phrase that has more than one possible meaning
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sprite
spirit, fairy
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*cross
oppose, resist
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parlous
uncertain
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odious
hateful, disgusting
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chide
scolded
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knavery
dishonest or deceitful behavior
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casement
a window that opens on hinges instead of up and down
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gleek
to make a joke
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cue
a line or action that prompts an actor to say his, her, or their next line
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counterfeit
phony, fake
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maypole
tall and skinny pole used in May Day celebrations, decorated with ribbons
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shrewd
argumentative
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vixen
a woman who is malicious with a fierce temper
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fray
a rough and tumble fight
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sojourn
travel
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ouzel
blackbird
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gambol
to skip or leap about
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fruitless
idle, empty
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turn
alter, change
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press
urge, push
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chronicle
written up in histories
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abate
cut short
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Additional term: malopropism
the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one for comedic effect
