Much Ado About Nothing

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Bestow

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(v) to present as a gift; give; confer

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Charge

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(n) duty; expense

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Disdain

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(n) a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; to look down on; pompous

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Pernicious

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(adj) causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful; evil; wicked

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Commendation

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(n) praise; recommendation

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Obstinate

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(adj) firmly or stubbornly adhering to one’s purpose/opinion

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Reveling

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(n) masked dancing

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Accordant

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(adj) agreeing; conforming; harmonious

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Canker

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(n) prickly wild rose

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Curst

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(adj) quarrelsome; talkative; “sharp-tongued”

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Cuckold

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(n) a man whose wife has committed adultery, often regarded as an object of scorn

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Libertines

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(n) a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man

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Reputed

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(adj) reported or supposed to be such

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Terminations

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(n) terms of expressions; the grammatical endings of words

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Cleft

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(n) hollow area or indentation; a split, crack, rift, etc.

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Perturbation

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(n) mental disquiet, disturbance, or agitation

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Impediment

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(n) obstruction; hindrance; obstacle

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Semblance

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(n) outward aspect or appearance; an assumed or unreal appearance; show

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Orthography

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(n) the study of proper spelling

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Discourse

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(n) ability to converse

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Dote

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(v) to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually

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Contemptible

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(adj) contemptuous; scornful

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Requite

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(v) to make repayment or return for; to give or do in return

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Censure

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(n) strong or vehement expression of disapproval; an official reprimand

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Detractions

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(n) the act of disparaging or belittling the reputation or worth; faults

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Quips

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(n) a clever or witty remark or comment

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Angling

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(n) the act or art of fishing with a hook and line, usually attached to a rod

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Mirth

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(n) gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter; amusement

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Manifest

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(adj) readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent

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Tedious

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(adj) wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom; long and tiresome

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Arrant

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(adj) notorious

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Wanton

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(adj) sexually lawless or unrestrained; loose; lascivious; lewd

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Extenuate

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(v) to represent (a fault, offense, etc.) as less serious; to underestimate or make light of

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Intemperate

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(adj) immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion; unrestrained; unbridled

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Cathechizing

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(v) to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, to question closely

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Impiety

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(n) lack of dutifulness or respect (impious - not pious or religious)

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Ostentation

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(n) pretentious or conspicuous show; display intended to impress others

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Rancor

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(n) bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice

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Malefactors

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(n) a person who violates the law; criminal

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Scruple

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(n) a very small portion or amount (24th part of an ounce); standard that acts as a restraint

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Fray

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(n) a fight, battle, or skirmish

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Epitaph

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(n) commemorative inscription on a tomb about the person buried there

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Noisome

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(adj) offensive or disgusting, as an odor; noxious; harmful or injurious to health

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Rendered

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(v) to cause to be or become; make

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Countenance

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(n) appearance, especially the look or expression of the face

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Enigma

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(n) a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

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Recompense

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(v) to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.

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Consumption

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(n) wasting disease; progressive wasting of the body; tuberculosis

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Flout

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(v) to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock