Much Ado About Nothing vocab

requite

- to make payment in return for goods or services, to pay something back

warrant

to give authorization or justification

slander

malicious, false, or defamatory statement or report damaging to a person's reputation

mirth

amusement, usually accompanied by laughter

melancholy

a gloomy state of mind, depression

transgression

a breach in the law

knave

an unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest person

heretic

- a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church, or rejects documents and teachings by that church

disdain

the attitude that someone or something is unworthy of notice; if used as a verb: to despise

vex

to irritate or annoy

truant

a person who neglects their duty; in modern times we think of this as an adjective meaning absent

impediment

an obstruction of a normal occurrence

discourse

communication of thought by words, a discussion of a subject

disparage

to being reproach or discredit upon

beseech

to beg eagerly for

epithet

- any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality

smeblance

outward aspects or appearance, not involving what is on the insid

treatise

a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay

predestinate

- predetermined of foreordained

victual

- food or other provisions for human beings

woo

pursue in a romantic way

revel

to take great delight in something; (n) revelers - people that are partying or celebrating

note

to notice

repartee

1. A swift, witty reply. 2. Conversation marked by the exchange of witty retorts. Conversation full of quick, witty replies.

pun

a play on words