Othello vocab 2

Question 1

Steadfast

Answer 1

If someone is steadfast in something that they are doing, they are convinced that what they are doing is
right and they refuse to change it or to give up.

Question 2

Reverence

Answer 2

Reverence for someone or something is a feeling of great respect for them.

Question 3

Measured

Answer 3

You use measured to describe someone who is careful.

Question 4

Logical

Answer 4

Someone who is logical is sensible and thinks carefully about things.

Question 5

Manipulation

Answer 5

Manipulation is persuading someone to do something they don’t want to do forcefully.

Question 6

Soliloquy

Answer 6

A soliloquy is a speech in a play in which an actor or actress speaks to himself or herself and to the
audience, rather than to another actor.

Question 7

Deferential

Answer 7

Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful towards someone else.

Question 8

Machiavellian

Answer 8

If you describe someone as Machiavellian, you are critical of them because they often make clever and
secret plans to achieve their aims and are not honest with people

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

If someone uses hyperbole, they say or write things that make something sound much more impressive
than it really is.

Question 10

Contrast

Answer 10

A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them.

Question 11

Ecstatic

Answer 11

If you are ecstatic, you feel very happy and full of excitement.

Question 12

Knavery

Answer 12

Knavery is dishonest behaviour.

Question 13

Motive

Answer 13

Your motive for doing something is your reason for doing it.

Question 14

Malignity

Answer 14

Malignity is being deadly and evil.

Question 15

Ambiguity

Answer 15

If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be
understood in more than one way.

Question 16

Disguise

Answer 16

To disguise something means to hide it or make it appear different so that people will not know about it
or will not recognise it.

Question 17

Objectify

Answer 17

If you objectify someone, you treat them as an object.

Question 18

Cajole

Answer 18

If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time.

Question 19

Puppeteer

Answer 19

A puppeteer is someone who controls puppets.

Question 20

Susceptible to

Answer 20

If you are susceptible to something or someone, you are very likely to be influenced by them.

Question 21

Malcontent

Answer 21

You can describe people as malcontents when you disapprove of the fact that they are unhappy with a
situation and want it to change.