Much Ado About Nothing Vocab (Act 3 & 4) - April Flashcards
1
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pleached
A
interlaced/intertwined
2
Q
lapwing
A
bird with slow, irregular flapping
3
Q
haggerds
A
hawks ; often used to refer to an intractable person (hard to control/deal with)
4
Q
carping
A
querulous (complaining/whining) speech
5
Q
agate
A
something condensed/short
6
Q
vouchsafe
A
grant a special favor
7
Q
mirth
A
happiness and revelry (lively and noisy)
8
Q
puns
A
purposeful use of a word that sounds the same
9
Q
double entendres
A
playing with two different meanings of the same word
10
Q
lovesick
A
languishing in love ; yearning/consumed by it
11
Q
languish
A
to be or become feeble, weak or depressed
12
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malapropism
A
the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word
