A Midsummer Night's Dream Vocab (All)

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abate

v, to become less intense

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amends

n, something done to make up for a fault or mistake

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amiable (amity, n)

adj, having a friendly or pleasant manner

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audacious

adj, bold

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austerity

n, condition of lacking pleasure or luxury

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beguile

v, to trick

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bequeath

v, to leave to or pass on, as in a will

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chide

v, to scold

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cloister

n, place where members of a religious community live

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derision

n, to scorn

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discourse

n, conversation

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disparage

v, to belittle or mock

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dissemble

v, to pretend

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dissension

n, disagreement that leads to discord

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dote

v, to love with foolish fondness

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dowager

n, a widow with money or property

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enmity

n, hostility

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entreat

v, to beg

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extenuate

v, to cause an offense to seem less serious

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feign

v, to pretend

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flout

v, to mock

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gait

n, manner of walking

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idolatry

n, false worship

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nuptial

n/adj, wedding

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paragon

n, model of perfection

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premediated

adj, planned

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progeny

n, offspring

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promontory

n, peak of land that juts out

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rebuke

v, to scold

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recompense

n, payment

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recreant

n, a coward or villian

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reprehend

v, to find fault with

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revel

v, enjoying festivities (revelry, n)

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satire

n, literary work exposing human vices and shortcomings to ridicule and scorn

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shrewish(ness)

adj, (of a woman) aggressively and intellectually assertive

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sojourn

n/v, to stay somewhere for a while

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solemnity

n, a formal ceremony

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sovereignty

n, supreme power or authority

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spurn

v, to reject

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transfigure

v, to change

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wanton

adj, shameless

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