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Shakespeare Vocab Flashcards

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1
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Abhor

A

Find repugnant

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Agile

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Moving quickly and lightly

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3
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Ambiguities

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Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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4
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Amorous

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Inclined toward or displaying love

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5
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Apothecary

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A health professional trained in the art of preparing drugs

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Augmenting

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Enlarge or increase

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Banish

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Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

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Beguile

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Charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

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9
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Bosom

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The chest considered as where secret thoughts are kept

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Cunning

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Showing inventiveness and skill

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11
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Devise

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Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

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12
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Dismal

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Causing dejection

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13
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Engrossed

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Devote fully to

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14
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Enjoined

A

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something

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15
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Fray

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Wear away by rubbing

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16
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Grievance

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A complaint about a wrong that causes resentment

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Haughty

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Having or showing arrogant superiority to

18
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Interred

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Placed in a grave or tomb, buried, buried hastily

19
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Kinsmen

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A man who is one of a person’s blood relations; a male relative

20
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Lament

A

A cry of sorrow and grief

21
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Loathsome

A

Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

22
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Pensive

A

Deeply or seriously thoughtful

23
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Penury

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A state of extreme poverty or destitution

24
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Pernicious

A

Exceedingly harmful

25
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Pilgrimage

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Religious journey

26
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Procure

A

Get by special effort

27
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Remnants

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A small part remaining after the main part no longer exists

28
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Sallow

A

Unhealthy looking

29
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Scourge

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Something causing misery or death

30
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Sepulcher

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A chamber that is used as a grave

31
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Tedious

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So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

32
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Transgression

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The violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

33
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Troth

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A solemn pledge of fidelity

34
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Unsavory

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Morally offensive

35
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Unwieldy

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Lacking grace in movement or posture

36
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Variable

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Liable to or capable of change

37
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Vengeance

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Harming someone in retaliation for something they have done

38
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Vial

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A small bottle that contains a drug

39
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Vile

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Morally reprehensible

40
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Woes

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Misery resulting from affliction

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