Twelfth Night Caught Ya Mid Term
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 unrequited | not returned in kind |
| bizarre | extremely strange, unusual, atypical |
| benign | pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence |
| spurned | rebuffed (by a lover) without warning |
| pined | suffered intense longing or yearning |
| divine | related to a god; supremely good or beautiful |
| whimsical | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason |
| timbre | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) |
| waxing | a gradual increase in magnitude or extent |
| beguiling | highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire |
| sovereign | a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right |
| fell | cruel; deadly |
| expounded | explained in detail |
| mellifluous | having a rich, smoothly flowing sound |
| surfeit | the state of being more than full |
| aptly | appropriately |
| sage | a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| pulchritudinous | beautiful or attractive |
| superlative | an exaggerated expression (usually of praise) |
| beseeched | implored; begged |
| tenderhooks | n.) a hooked nail for securing cloth on a tenter; a state of uneasiness |
| virtuous | of moral excellence |
| woo | make amorous advances towards |
| motley | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things |
| nubile | marriageable |
| disquieted | feeling anxiety, being disturbed, lacking peace |
| siblings | brothers and sisters |
| ethereal | subtle, fine, exquisite, having the nature of air |
| mollified | to soften in feeling or temper |
| animate | living |
| lugubrious | excessively mournful |
| meritorious | worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
| rejoined | c, to reply |
| virtuous | morally pure and good |
| demise | death |
| abjured | repudiate |
| bereft | deprived of; made unhappy through a loss |
| sequestering | To remove, seperate, or withdraw |
| eunuch | a castrated man |
| mute | not speaking |
| belch | expel gas from the stomach |
| quaffing | to drink deeply |
| apt | suitable; appropriate |
| sot | person made foolish by excessive drinking; drunkard |
| vociferously | loudly |
| egregious | outstanding for undesirable qualities; remarkably bad |
| melodramatic | dramatic exaggerated behavior... |
| melancholy | sad, depressed, expressing sadness |
| upbraided | Scolded |
| slovenly | untidy, dirty, careless |
| vociferated | shouted, yelled |
| tosspot | a drunk |
| fatuous | empty headed or self-satisfied |
| amend | set straight or right |
| heathen | An uncivilized or irreligious person |
| dissembling | concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive |
| amend | set straight or right |
| heathen | An uncivilized or irreligious person |
| dissembling | concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive |
| shrew | a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman |
| rapier | thin, straight, two-edged sword |
| wit | cleverness |
| aspersion | assault on one's reputation |
| abhorred | to detest or regard as disgusting |
| articulate | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
| bemoaned | to express grief over |
| bestowed | applied; used |
| hedonist | one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life |
| a plethora of | excessive, far too much or many, more than is practical or useful |
| revels | games and dances of a festive ocasion |
| portend | an indication or a sign of evil to come |
| sagacious | keen and perceptive |
| shrewd | intelligent and worldly wise |
| stature | high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement |
| stripling | an adolescent youth. |
| divulge | to reveal |
| clamorous | to make a loud noise |
| stead | in someone's place |
| languish | to lie under dispiriting conditions |
| disconcerted | to give a mental jolt |
| woe | sorrowful |
| redoubtable | hard to resist or conquer |
| barbs | sharp critical comments |
| transgressions | sins, misdoings |
| droll | amusingly odd |
| implacable | deaf to all appeals |
| rogue | a man who gets by in life by cheating and deceiving |
| churlish | ill mannered, surly |
| miens | a person's look or appearance |
| gravely | solemn, thoughtful, |
| dextrously | mentally agile or skillful |
| levity | lightness of manner |
| haughty | arrogant, excessively proud and vain |
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