Twelth Night Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 surfeit | verb - to do an excess amount or something |
| cloister | verb - to seclude; to shut in |
| provident | verb - to be well prepared for the future |
| abjure | verb - to let go of your beliefs, solemn and negative |
| prodigal | adj - extremely wasteful |
| transgress | verb - to misbehave, to sin |
| nonpareil | adj - unrivaled; unparalleled; having no equal |
| fervor | noun - passionate feeling |
| peevish | adj - easily irritated |
| churlish | adj - difficult to deal with; obnoxious |
| mellifluous | adj - pleasant to hear; sweet and musical |
| caterwauling | adj - unpleasant to hear; like throwing a cat on a wall |
| mitigate | verb - to lessen the effect of, to make less severe |
| staid | adj - unadventurous; plain |
| bide | to remain; to wait for |
| damask | a woven type of fabric, patterned |
| demure | shy or modest (almost always about a woman) |
| inure | accustom someone to something esp. something unpleasant |
| manifest | obvious, evident |
| wanton | deliberately cruel |
| loath | reluctant |
| upbraid | to find fault with; to scold with |
| visage | a person's facial expression |
| presage | to foreshadow, to predict esp. ominously |
| pedant | a perfectionist, a person obsessed with the minor details |
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