Final Vocab
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rachelmrgls on June 14, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 humor | mood |
| shrift | confession; the forgiveness given by a priest for sins confessed |
| to make short shrift of | to finish a job quickly and impatiently |
| discourses; verb | utters or speaks; |
| discourses; noun | communication of ideas and information |
| counsel | private thoughts; secret plan |
| bounty | capacity for giving generously |
| confounds | destroys, defeats; today = confuses |
| spleen | anger, malice |
| dissemblers | liars |
| fain | gladly, eagerly |
| drift | intentions |
| orisons | prayers |
| presage; verb | predict, foretell |
| presage; noun | a sign or warning of a future event |
| beseech | beg |
| penury | severe condition of poverty |
| obsequies | funeral rites or ceremonies |
| obsequious | excessively eager to obey |
| regimented | organize according to a strict, sometimes oppressive system or pattern |
| mariner | a sailor |
| downtrodden | oppressed or treated badly by people in power |
| paternalism | the practice of a superior restricted freedom for an inferiors best interest |
| tawdry | showy but cheap and of poor quality |
| congruent | in agreement or harmony |
| materialistic | to consider materials to be greater than spirituality |
| incensed | make very angry |
| scope | a purpose, end, or intention |
| sanctimonious | making a show of being morally superior to other people |
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