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Othello Vocabulary Flashcards

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Bombast/bombastic

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High sounding, pretentious

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Saucy

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Insolent, impertinent, boldly smart

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Gall

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Impudence, effrontery, nerve

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Pith/pithy

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Pointed, concise

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Traverse

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To pass over, along, or through

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Beguile

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To influence by trickery, mislead

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Coffers

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A box or chest, especially for money or valuables

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Knave

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An untrustworthy or dishonest person

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Choler

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Anger, wrath, irritability

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Parley

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A discussion or conference

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Minx

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An impudent or flirtatious girl

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Edified

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Benefited or instructed

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Sequester

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To remove or withdraw for the purpose of seclusion

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Castigation

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Criticism or punishment

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Boding/foreboding

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Inner feeling of future misfortune

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Anon

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Soon

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Naught

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Nothing

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Frailty

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Weakness

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Aught

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Anything

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Malignant

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Evil or cancerous

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Censure

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Strong or vehement expression of disapproval

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Bombastic sentence

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My friend always sounds bombastic when she brags about how many concerts she has gone to, personally I think she is too fixated on her reputation

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Saucy sentence

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In this day and age, those who can make fast saucy comments are seen as cool because of their humor

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Taper sentence

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I wish to one day walk into a cave holding a taper, as seen in many movies and tv shows

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Gall sentence

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I cannot believe my mother had the gall to ground me for dying my hair blue

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Pith Sentence

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My history teacher prefers us to write pithy responses on the exam because he does not want to read a long response filled with fluff

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Traverse sentence

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I do not go to the carnival because of the horrible treatment of the elephants, hence it is a shame that I do not see the tightrope walkers traversing the tightrope

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Beguile sentence

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My mother hoped and prayed that I was beguiling her with my blue hair, she wished that the blue hair was just a wig and I could pull it off

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Coffers sentence

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I have a coffers in my room slyly tucked away underneath my bed so no one could find it

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Knave sentence

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When my mother found out I was beguiling her and my blue “hair” was just a wig she called me a knave

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Choler sentence

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My mother was filled with choler over my exam grade, however she remembered that I am still getting an A in the class and quickly calmed down

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Parley sentence

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Because I wish to do a semester abroad I have to have a parley with Ms. Koneizhny and my mother to talk about the programs I am interested in

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Zounds sentence

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When my friend found out I dropped her phone in the pool, she said (and i quote), “Zounds! You have to buy me a new one!”

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Minx sentence

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Many of my favorite tv show characters are minxes, especially Blair Waldorf in Gossip Girl who is constantly messing with guys

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Edified sentence

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My 8th grade english teacher, Mr Rice, edified me greatly on how to write the perfect outline however I quickly realized after leaving his class that i do not prefer outlines

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Sequester sentence

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Once I got my exam review packet for French class i quickly sequestered myself from social networks because I needed to focus on my studies

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Castigation sentence

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My mother was filled with castigation when she found out that I had died my hair blue, but thankfully it was just a wig because she would have grounded me

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Boding/foreboding sentence

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Thankfully, I did not have a foreboding feeling in my stomach before I took the exam because the sense of misfortune would have distracted me

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Anon sentence

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Anon, I will actually dye my hair but I doubt that it will ever be blue

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Naught sentence

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At the end of the day, all of the commotion and yelling was for naught because it only made us more mad

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Frailty sentence

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One the baby was born early, the frailty of her bones was easy to see through the fact that she needed help even breathing

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Aught

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For aught I knew, the fruits in my smoothie could have actually been non-organic and the waiter was lying to me

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Malignant sentence

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My malignant friend was thankfully leaving the school, she only created drama and made others lives harder

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Censure sentence

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The moment I had shown my mother my blue hair she had a look of censure on her face, which I was not surprised over

English 2015-2016 (9 decks)

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