Othello 1-23 Definitions

Advocacy

Support of an idea or cause (s: none; a: opposition)

Affinity

A likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship (s: none; a: repulsion)

Agile

Characterized by ability to move quickly with suppleness and grace (s: nimble, brisk, spry; a: clumsy)

Alacrity

Prompt and cheerful response (s: celerity, a: indolence)

Amiable

Friendly, sociable, and congenial; civil and urbane (s: good-natured, obliging, complaisant; a: none)

Baseness

The quality of lacking higher values (s: vileness, servility, unworthiness; a: none)

Beguile

To decieve, to mislead, to persuade with charm (s: delude; a: to enlighten)

Bestial

Brutal without reason, having the attributes of a savage (s: none; a: civilized)

Bestow

To grant or to give (s: none; a: deprive)

Boisterous

Rowdy, rough and stormy (s: blatant, clamorous, obstreperous, strident, vociferous; a: serene)

Bombastic

Using inflated language, pompous (s: claptrap, declamatory, fustian, ranting, rodomontade; a: meek, humble)

Candid

Blunt, sincere honesty (s: none; a: reserved)

Carnal

Marked by sexuality that is often frank and unrelieved by higher emotions (s: bodily, corporeal, wordly, fleshy, sensual, crude; a: spiritual)

Castigate

To punish or to subdue by punishment; to criticize with drastic severity (s: punish, chastise; a: to salute)

Circumspect

Careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent (s: chary, wary; a: reckless, careless, indiscreet)

Consecrate

To dedicate or to declare sacred (s: devote, hallow; a: to proaneprofane))

Cynical

Given to faultfinding, sneering, and sarcasm; exhibiting mocking disbelief (s: misanthropic, pessimistic, misogynic; a: none)

Defunct

No longer existing, dead (s: none; a: existing)

Desolate

Deserted, without inhabitants, barren (s: none; a: populous)

Dilatory

Delaying, slow (s: none; a: proceeding)

Discern

To differentiate between two or more things (s: none; a: to ignore, to be oblivious to)

Discord

Lack of agreement, tension, strife (s: contention, dissension, variance; a: harmony, agreement)

Discretion

Ability to act on one’s power of indivisual decision (s: none; a: none)