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A Midsummer Night's Dream Vocab Flashcards

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Pomp

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A lavish spectacle, splendor

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Dowager

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A wealthy widow

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Vexation

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The state of being irritable or angry

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Feigning

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Imitated, false

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Abjure

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To completely give up, avoid

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Cloister

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A place to live in religious seclusion

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Sovereignty

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Supreme authority, power

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Idolatry

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Extreme admiration; worship

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Tempest

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A severe storm

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Visage

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Face

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Gallant

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Noble

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Console

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Lament, grieve

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Extempore

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Impromptu, no practice

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Dale

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Small valley

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Fell

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Fierce

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Beguile

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To deceive

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Mirth

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High spirits

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Tarry

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Linger, remain

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Progeny

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Offspring

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Dissension

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Disagreement

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Amend

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Heal, repair

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Embarked

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To board a ship

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Trifles

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Objects of little value

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Promontory

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Rocky crag or outcropping

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Griffin

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Mythical animal

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Sentinel

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Guard

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Troth

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Loyalty, faithfulness

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Dank

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Chilly and damp

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Churl

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Someone who has no manners

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Flout

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To mock

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Sooth

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Truth

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Surfeit

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Excess

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Malapropism

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A humorous misuse of words usually resulting from a confusion of similar sounds

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Enamor

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To cause to feel strong or excessive interest or fascination

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Purge

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To make free of something unwanted

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Lament

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To express sorrow, mourning, or regret

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Parious

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Full of danger or risk

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Casement

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A window sash that opens on hinges at the side

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience knows what the characters don’t

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Brier

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A plant having usually woody, thorny, and prickly stem

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Chide

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Scold

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Misprision

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Mistake

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Preposterously

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Absurdly

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Derision

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Mockery

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Sojourned

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Temporarily stayed; visited

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Disparage

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To criticize unfavorably

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Englid

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To make bright

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Asunder

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Into parts

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Celestial

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Heavenly

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Maypole

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Tall flower wreathed pole for May Day

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Officious

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Meddlesome

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Aby

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To suffer a penalty for

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Negligence

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Carelessness

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Swain

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A male admirer or suitor

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Amity

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Friendship

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Jollity

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Merriment

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Vaward

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The foremost part

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Expound

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To set forth, state

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Paramour

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An illicit lover

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Concord

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Agreement

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Conned

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Learned by heart

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Premeditated

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Carefully prepared in advance

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Audacious

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Bold

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Loam

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Soil with sand, slit and clay

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Strife

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Fight, struggle

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Valor

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Strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness

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Adieu

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French for “farewell”

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Fortnight

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Period of two weeks

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