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Earnest/Othello Flashcards

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Canon

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Conforming to orthodox or recognized views

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Apoplexy

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A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to a lack of oxygen in the brain

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Debonnaire

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Courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness

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Epigram

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A witty saying

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Expurgation

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The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

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Farce

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A comes characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

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Gorgon

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Any of the three winged sister monsters and the mortal medusa

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Inversion

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The reversal of the normal order of things

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Machination

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A crafty and involved plot to achieve sinister ends

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Neogolism

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A newly coined word or expression

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Profligate

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Recklessly wasteful

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Quixotic

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Not sensible about practical matters

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Tutelage

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Protection of or authority over someone or something

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Advection

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The horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties

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Alacrity

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Promptness or eager and speedy readiness

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Bombast

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Pompous or pretentious talk or writing

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Choler

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Anger

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Cuckold

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Husband who’s wife has been unfaithful

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Cudgel

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Short, heavy club

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Dotage

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Old age

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Epithet

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An abusive insulting word or phrase

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Fulsome

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Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

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Hie

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To go in a hurry

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Laconic

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Brief and to the point

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Lascivious

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Arousing sexual desire

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Lechery

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Unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity

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Mountebank

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Somebody who deceives other people

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Nuptial

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Relating to marriage/mating of animals

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Obsequious

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Excessively eager to please/ obey

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Strumpet

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Harlot, mull, trull, trollop, prostitute

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Wanton

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Lewd woman

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Requite

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Pay back

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