AP Lit Othello Vocabulary List #1 (Acts 1-2)

A set of vocabulary study flashcards covering key terms and definitions from Acts 1 and 2 of Shakespeare's Othello.

Obsequious

Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree.

Homage

Special honor or respect shown publicly.

Incense

To make someone very angry.

Vexation

The state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried.

Ruffian

A violent criminal or troublemaker.

Lascivious

Filled with or showing offensive or inappropriate sexual desire.

Circumscription

Restriction of something within limits.

Facile

Shallow or simplistic.

Beseech

To beg for urgently or anxiously.

Insolent

Insultingly contemptuous in speech or behavior.

Beguile

To charm or enchant someone, often in a deceptive way.

Alacrity

Cheerful eagerness or readiness.

Consecrate

To make or declare something sacred.

Cuckold

To make a man the object of humiliation by having an affair with his wife.

Voluble

Very talkative or fast-talking.

Repute

To believe (a person or thing) to be as specified; regarded.

Imperious

Domineering in a haughty manner; overbearing.

Importune

To demand with urgency or persistence.

Wit

The keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure.

Dilatory

Slow; tardy; intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.