Acts I and II vocab- Much Ado

Question 1

A small battle or fight

Answer 1

Skirmish

Question 2

To scorn(noun is hatred)

Answer 2

Disdain

Question 3

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Answer 3

pernicious

Question 4

An arched device placed on the neck of a person or animal to carry something

Answer 4

Yoke

Question 5

Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action

Answer 5

obstinate

Question 6

one who speaks out against an accepted idea

Answer 6

Heretic

Question 7

to recommend with praise, speak highly of

Answer 7

commend

Question 8

protection or guardianship

Answer 8

tuition

Question 9

to party(a celebration is the noun)

Answer 9

reveling

Question 10

about or pertaining to love

Answer 10

amorous

Question 11

a sharp-tongued or quarrelsome woman

Answer 11

curst

Question 12

to be in love with, to be captivated by

Answer 12

enamored

Question 13

a dagger with a slender blade

Answer 13

poniards

Question 14

mental skill or quickness in communication

Answer 14

conveyance

Question 15

disturbance or irritation

Answer 15

perturbation

Question 16

mythological creature; half bird half woman

Answer 16

harpy

Question 17

secretly; not out in the open

Answer 17

covertly

Question 18

something that blocks or obstructs

Answer 18

impediment

Question 19

rotten or worthless (can also mean prostitute)

Answer 19

stale

Question 20

joyous, merry

Answer 20

Blithe

Question 21

smiling, bright, pleasing to the eye

Answer 21

Bonny

Question 22

To regard with extreme hate or aversion; detest utterly

Answer 22

abhor

Question 23

returned

Answer 23

requited

Question 24

gloomy, sad, depressed

Answer 24

melancholy