the winters tale vocab

Question 1

agur

Answer 1

to foretell/ prediction

Question 2

portend/presage

Answer 2

a sign or warning (of smth momentous)

Question 3

presage

Answer 3

a sign or waring (of smth immanent, usually unwelcome)

Question 4

heterogeneity

Answer 4

diverse in character or content

Question 5

fecundity

Answer 5

fertitilty

Question 6

polysemous

Answer 6

multiple meanings

Question 7

diatribe

Answer 7

angry speech or article which is extremely critical

Question 8

engender

Answer 8

to engender a particular feeling, atmosphere or situation, they cause it to occur

Question 9

munificence

Answer 9

quality or action of being extremely generous

Question 10

negate

Answer 10

1. if one thing negates another, it causes that other thing to lose effect or value
2. to negate something, to say it does not exist

Question 11

pervade

Answer 11

noticeable throughout, penetrating

Question 12

prelapsarian

Answer 12

time before the Fall of Man, innocent and unspoilt

Question 13

repudiate

Answer 13

to strongly disagree with someone and not want to be connected with them in any way

Question 14

salacious

Answer 14

deals with sexual manners in an unnecessarily detailed way

Question 15

bucolic

Answer 15

pleasant aspects of the country-side

Question 16

edenic

Answer 16

characteristic of the garden of eden, unspoilt and idyllic

Question 17

halcyon

Answer 17

time of peace and happiness

Question 18

homosocial

Answer 18

social interactions between members of the same sex, typically men

Question 19

interlocutor

Answer 19

your interlocutor is the person with whom you are having a conversation

Question 20

mercurial

Answer 20

frequently changing mind or mood without warning

Question 21

reproach

Answer 21

you show or say you are disappointed, upset, or angry because someone has done something wrong

Question 22

santification

Answer 22

making/declaring something holy,
action of being freed from sin/purified
causing something to be morally right/acceptable

Question 23

aracdian

Answer 23

rustic, peaceful, simple, pastoral

Question 24

fecundity

Answer 24

fertility, fruitfulness

Question 25

histrionic

Answer 25

excessively theatrical or dramatic in character or style

Question 26

militate

Answer 26

to militate against something is to make it less possible. To prevent someone from achieving something

Question 27

paradisal

Answer 27

resembling paradise

Question 28

paragon

Answer 28

perfect example of particular quality

Question 29

propitiate

Answer 29

to win/regain the favour of (god, spirit, person), doing something that will please them

Question 30

Tripartite

Answer 30

three parts

Question 31

androgynous

Answer 31

not distinctly masculine or feminine

Question 32

entreat

Answer 32

you earnestly and anxiously ask someone to do something

Question 33

exalt

Answer 33

praise very highly

Question 34

harmonious

Answer 34

friendly, peaceful

Question 35

largesse

Answer 35

generous gift of money or generous act of kindness

Question 36

render

Answer 36

eg. you have rendered that harmless

Question 37

symbiosis

Answer 37

relationship that benefits all involved

Question 38

sublimation

Answer 38

(freudian psychology) the diversion of psychic energy derived from sexual impulses into nonsexual activity, especially of creative nature