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
Mythical animal
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Sentinel
Guard
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Troth
Loyalty, faithfulness
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Dank
Chilly and damp
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Churl
Someone who has no manners
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Flout
To mock
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Sooth
Truth
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Surfeit
Excess
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Malapropism
A humorous misuse of words usually resulting from a confusion of similar sounds
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Enamor
To cause to feel strong or excessive interest or fascination
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Purge
To make free of something unwanted
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Lament
To express sorrow, mourning, or regret
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Parious
Full of danger or risk
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Casement
A window sash that opens on hinges at the side
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Dramatic irony
When the audience knows what the characters don't
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Brier
A plant having usually woody, thorny, and prickly stem
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Chide
Scold
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Misprision
Mistake
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Preposterously
Absurdly
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Derision
Mockery
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Sojourned
Temporarily stayed; visited
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Disparage
To criticize unfavorably
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Englid
To make bright
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Asunder
Into parts
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Celestial
Heavenly
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Maypole
Tall flower wreathed pole for May Day
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Officious
Meddlesome
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Aby
To suffer a penalty for
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Negligence
Carelessness
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Swain
A male admirer or suitor
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Amity
Friendship
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Jollity
Merriment
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Vaward
The foremost part
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Expound
To set forth, state
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Paramour
An illicit lover
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Concord
Agreement
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Conned
Learned by heart
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Premeditated
Carefully prepared in advance
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Audacious
Bold
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Loam
Soil with sand, slit and clay
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Strife
Fight, struggle
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Valor
Strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness
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Adieu
French for "farewell"
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Fortnight
Period of two weeks
