Othello Vocabulary

Question 1

Meritocracy:

Answer 1

A society based on personal achievement, not wealth.

Question 2

Duplicitous:

Answer 2

• Deceptive, Machiavellian.

Question 3

Debased value system:

Answer 3

Lacking integrity.

Question 4

Rational:

Answer 4

Thinking clearly and logically.

Question 5

Noble:

Answer 5

Possessing outstanding moral virtues;
of high rank.

Question 6

Integrity:

Answer 6

Soundness of moral character.

Question 7

Misogynistic:

Answer 7

Hatred of women.

Question 8

Sprezzatura:

Answer 8

Concealing one’s skills.

Question 9

Self-possessed:

Answer 9

Confident, assertive.

Question 10

Precarious foundations of the marriage:

Answer 10

Unstable basis for marriage.

Question 11

Embittered:

Answer 11

Filled with resentment.

Question 12

Malevolent:

Answer 12

Evil, immoral.

Question 13

Complicit:

Answer 13

Helping to do wrong. By confiding in the audience, lago makes them complicit in his actions.

Question 14

Jesting bawdily:

Answer 14

Risqué joking

Question 15

Courteous:

Answer 15

Polite

Question 16

Laudatory:

Answer 16

celebratory

Question 17

Infatuated:

Answer 17

Overwhelmed by passion

Question 18

Amorous:

Answer 18

Loving

Question 19

Dissipated/debauched:

Answer 19

Drunk, hedonistic.

Question 20

Opportunistic:

Answer 20

Taking opportunities.

Question 21

Base instinct:

Answer 21

Acting on immoral desires.

Question 22

Stage manager of chaos:

Answer 22

lago seizes control.

Question 23

Voice of order:

Answer 23

Othello restores control.

Question 24

Diminutive:

Answer 24

Making someone feel small.

Question 25

Dishonoured:

Answer 25

Made to appear immoral.

Question 26

Myopic

Answer 26

Lacking foresight or intellectual insight.