20 terms

Terms	Definitions
Connubial	(adj) of or relating to marriage, matrimonial, conjugal
Connubial	"A life of _______ bliss seems very distant to Paul, but he is fascinated by the older man's description of marriage."
Inchoate	(adj) not yet completely developed, rudimentary, just begun, lacking order due to its newness
Inchoate	"Iago has the _______ inklings of a plan that might bring down the great general."
Nonchalant	(adj) seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent
Nonchalant	"Paul realizes that the soldiers assume a more _______ mien whenever the shelling ceases."
Spurious	(adj) not genuine, authentic, or true. Counterfeit, not from the claimed or pretended source
Spurious	"Iago's respect for Othello is _______; he hates the man, yet feigns allegiance to him."
Aegis	(n) support, protection, control
Aegis	"Desdemona, under Othello's _______ from the day she shirks her father's control, is powerless to resist his ways."
Pertinacious	(adj) holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute, extremely or objectively persistent
Pertinacious	"Iago knows that he runs the risk of appearing overly _______."
Vituperative	(adj) describing harsh and abusive speech; denouncing violently
Vituperative	"Othello's _______ words to the men are partly driven by a sense of unease that violence should have sprung up so suddenly in the midst of his trusted soldiers."
Oscillate	(v) to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does; to vary or vacillate between different beliefs, opinions, conditions, etc.
Oscillate	"Othello will move past the point where he _______s between faith in his wife and gnawing uncertainty of her fidelity."
Bestial	(adj) lacking in intelligence or reason, beast-like, below the dignity of reason or humanity
Bestial	"Othello feels himself reverting to his _______ instincts and emotions."
Obsequious	(adj) cringing, fawning, compliant to excess [describes a brown-nose or suck-up]
Obsequious	"Paul scorns those who are _______ to the superior officers; he himself does no more than tollow orders begrudgingly."

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