Much Ado Vocab

AP Lit

bestowed

to present as a gift; give; confer

charge

duty; expense

disdain

a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; to look down on; pompous

**pernicious**

causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful; evil; wicked

**commendation**

praise; recommendation

**obstinate**

firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion

**reveling**

masked dancing

**accordant**

agreeing; conforming; harmonious

**canker**

prickly wild rose

**melancholy**

a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression

**curst**

quarrelsome; talkative; “sharp-tongued”

**cuckold**

a man whose wife has committed adultery, often regarded as an object of scorn

**libertines**

a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man

**reputed**

reported or supposed to be such

**terminations**

terms of expressions; the grammatical endings of words

**cleft**

hollow area or indentation; a split, crack, rift, etc.

**perturbation**

mental disquiet, disturbance, or agitation

**impediment**

obstruction; hindrance; obstacle

**semblance**

outward aspect or appearance; an assumed or unreal appearance; show

**orthography**

the study of proper spelling

**discourse**

ability to converse

**dote**

to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually

**contemptible**

contemptuous; scornful

**requited**

to make repayment or return for; to give or do in return

**censured**

strong or vehement expression of disapproval; an official reprimand

**detractions**

the act of disparaging or belittling the reputation or worth; faults

**quips**

a clever or witty remark or comment

**angling**

the act or art of fishing with a hook and line, usually attached to a rod

**mirth**

gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter; amusement

**manifest**

readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent

**tedious**

wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom; long and tiresome

**arrant**

notorious

**wanton**

sexually lawless or unrestrained; loose; lascivious; lewd

**extenuate**

to represent (a fault, offense, etc.) as less serious; to underestimate or make light of

**intemperate**

immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion; unrestrained; unbridled

**catechizing**

to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, to question closely

**impiety**

lack of dutifulness or respect (impious – not pious or religious)

**ostentation**

pretentious or conspicuous show; display intended to impress others

**rancor**

 bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice

**malefactors**

a person who violates the law; criminal

**scruple**

a very small portion or amount (24th part of an ounce); standard that acts as a restraint

**fray**

a fight, battle, or skirmish

**epitaph**

commemorative inscription on a tomb about the person buried there

**noisome**

offensive or disgusting, as an odor; noxious; harmful or injurious to health

**rendered**

to cause to be or become; make

**countenance**

appearance, especially the look or expression of the face

**enigma**

a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

**recompense**

to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.

**consumption**

wasting disease; progressive wasting of the body; tuberculosis

**flout**

to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock