Othello Flashcards

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Alacrity noun

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Promptness, cheerful readiness

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Abhor vt

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To strongly hate, to loath

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Ardent- adj

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Full of strong emotion or enthusiasm

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Bauble noun

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Trinket something insignificant

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Beguile vt

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To lead astray by means or tricks or deception

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Bereft adj

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Deprived of something or robbed

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Boon noun

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Favor or blessing

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Castigation noun

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Punishment

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Chide vt

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To scold or voice of disapproval

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Chivalrous adj

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Having good qualities grace knighthood etc

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Choler noun

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Anger or irateness

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Comport vt

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To be fitting, accorded with

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Conjecture vt

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Conclude based on evidence

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Conjugation noun

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A magic trick or spell

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Depraved adj

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Marked by corruption or evil, perverted

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Dissemble vt

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Hide under a false appearance

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Egregiously adverb

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In a way that is very bad

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Enmity noun

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Openly expressed hostility

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Gull noun

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A person that is cheated or easily deceived

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Impediment noun

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An obstacle

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Importune vt

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Beg or urge with annoying persistence

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Iniquity noun

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Wickedness or evil

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Inordinate adjq

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Exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

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Jocund adj

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Marked by high spirits

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Lascivious adj

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Lustful, obscene

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Mettle noun

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Strength of spirit, courage

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Obsequious adj

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Showing exaggerated desire to help or to serve

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Penitent adj

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Feeling sorry about offenses repentant

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Perdition noun

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Damnation to hell

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Pernicious adj

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Destructive and deadly

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Requite vt

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Repay or return

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Ruminate vi

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Go over in the mind, ponder

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Sagacious adj

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Wise

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Satiety noun

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State of being fully satisfied

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Specious adj

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Having a false look of truth genuineness

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Strife noun

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Conflict or struggle

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Tractable adj

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Easy to deal with, or manageable

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Vicissitude noun

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Chance in occurrence or fluctuation in state or condition, a difficulty or hardship that happens throughout the course of life

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Visage noun

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Appearance or face

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Voluble adj

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Marked by ease and fluency in speech