Earnest/Othello Flashcards
Canon
Conforming to orthodox or recognized views
Apoplexy
A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to a lack of oxygen in the brain
Debonnaire
Courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm
Effrontery
Shameless boldness
Epigram
A witty saying
Expurgation
The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
Farce
A comes characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Gorgon
Any of the three winged sister monsters and the mortal medusa
Inversion
The reversal of the normal order of things
Machination
A crafty and involved plot to achieve sinister ends
Neogolism
A newly coined word or expression
Profligate
Recklessly wasteful
Quixotic
Not sensible about practical matters
Tutelage
Protection of or authority over someone or something
Advection
The horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
Alacrity
Promptness or eager and speedy readiness
Bombast
Pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Choler
Anger
Cuckold
Husband who’s wife has been unfaithful
Cudgel
Short, heavy club
Dotage
Old age
Epithet
An abusive insulting word or phrase
Fulsome
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
Hie
To go in a hurry
Laconic
Brief and to the point
Lascivious
Arousing sexual desire
Lechery
Unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
Mountebank
Somebody who deceives other people
Nuptial
Relating to marriage/mating of animals
Obsequious
Excessively eager to please/ obey
Strumpet
Harlot, mull, trull, trollop, prostitute
Wanton
Lewd woman
Requite
Pay back
