Vocab. List 1: Taming of the Shrew

Domineer

To assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.

Overblown

Very pretentious or inflated.

Doff

To remove.

Dulcet

Sweet and soothing sound.

Ingrate

An ungrateful person.

Choleric

Bad tempered; irritable.

Construe

To interpret an action or word in a certain way.

Delude

To mislead, to fool someone.

Conformable

Accustomed to conform to what is acceptable.

Dally

To act or move slowly.

Shrew

A bad tempered or excessively assertive woman.

Minion

A follower of a powerful person.

Headstrong

Self-willed; stubborn.

Beguile

To trick someone; deceive.

Awry

Out of the normal or correct position; askew.

domineer

Complete the sentence: The man is strong, __ing, and the lover of one of them.

overblown

Complete the sentence: "In satire, things tend to be exaggerated and __ for effect.

doff

Complete the sentence: They _ed their coats when they came inside.

dulcet

Complete the sentence: The songs are ____ and soothing, despite being in a minor key

ingrate

Complete the sentence: He could not be an ____ and wound her with his inmost thoughts any more than he could deceive himself

choleric

Complete the sentence: Watch out for the ___ librarian at the reference desk.

construe

Complete the sentence: He may ___ the approach as a hostile act.

delude

Complete the sentence: We __ ourselves that we are in control.

conformable

Complete the sentence: We must make sure that all of the steps we take are ___ with the law.

dally

Complete the sentence: go out and get some milk, and don't ___ on the way

shrew

Complete the sentence: He went off into the mountains to escape his wife, a ___ who made his life miserable.

minion

Complete the sentence: He sent one of his ___s to do something about it.

headstrong

Complete the sentence: I am ___ and like getting my own way.

beguile

Complete the sentence: Think you can smooth-tongue me, trick me, ___ me?

awry

Complete the sentence: Our plans have gone ___.