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Midsummer Night's Dream vocab
Vocab for A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
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English
10th Grade
01/17/2009

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Nuptial
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Of or relating to a marriage ceremony. Wedding, ceremony.
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Abjure
Definition
To renounce or give up under oath. To take take back, or renounce. She abjured her beliefs.
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Austerity
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Severity of manners or life, extreme strictness. The monastery treated the nuns with utmost austerity.
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Visage
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The face or facial expression of a person. The man had a stern visage.
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Lamentable
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Causing sorrow or regret. We made a lamentable decision.
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Forsworn
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To deny under oath, break a promise, or swear falsely. Refuse or deny.
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Progeny
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The immediate descendants of a person. Offspring, Children.
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Dissension
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A strong disagreement.
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Promontory
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A high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water. Rock, cliff.
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Entice
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To attract by arousing hope or desire.
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Casement
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A covering or sash.
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Knavery
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Dishonesty or trickery.
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Enamored
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To be captivated or smitten with someone/something.
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Carcass
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A corpse or body
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Scorn
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To mock or ridicule.
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Derision
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To insult or disrespect someone.
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Confederacy
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An organization or alliance.
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Contrived
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Overdone or labored
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Earnest
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Meaningful and full of intent.
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Vixen
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To be a shrew, bewitching, or a hellion.
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Recreant
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To be traitorous and disloyal
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Conjunction
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Combined or joined.
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Enmity
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Hostility and hate
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Expound
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To explain, or develop
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