SHAKESPEARE TERMS 10
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brinkanator on January 21, 2012
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31 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 austerity | condition of lacking pleasure of luxury |
| beguile | to trick |
| cloister | place where members of a religious community live |
| dote | to love with foolish fondness |
| extenuate | to lessen the seriousness of |
| feign | to pretend |
| idolatry | false worship |
| reveling | enjoying festivities |
| dissemble | to pretend |
| flout | to mock |
| progeny | offspring |
| promontory | peak of land that juts out |
| wanton | shameless |
| bequeath | to leave to or pass on to, as in a will |
| chide | to scold |
| derision | scorn |
| entreat | to beg |
| rebuke | to scold |
| recompense | payment |
| sojourn | to stay somewhere for a while |
| spurn | to reject |
| discourse | conversation |
| enmity | hostility |
| paragon | model of perfection |
| amends | something done to make up for a fault or mistake |
| audacious | bold |
| gait | manner of walking |
| premeditated | planned |
| reprehend | to find fault with |
| satire | literary work exposing human vices and shortcomings to ridicule and scorn |
| transfigure | to change |
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