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Tempest Vocab Acts 1 & 2
Tempest Vocab Acts 1 & 2 (including
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11th Grade
03/19/2014

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abhorred
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adj. Hated and shunned
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allay
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v.to calm [diminish or end (fear or concern). alleviate (pain or hunger)]
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chide
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v.to scold
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Fortitude
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Courage & strength under adversity
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homage
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formal acknowledgement of feudal allegiance
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precursors
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forerunners; ones who go before
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prerogative
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a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.
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Providence
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God's will, which is all-knowing, all good, all powerful
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Tribute
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protection money owed to feudal lord (or to the mafia, which is feudal in nature)
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Scylla and Charybdis
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An unwelcome choice between two evils or undesirable outcomes
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Ariadne's Thread
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Metaphorically any human attempt to rely on logic or ingenuity rather than to trust in God's will.
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Romantic Romanticism
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Emphasised (a) the goodness of nature and of natural human kind, valued emotion over reason, saw civilization as artificial
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Orthodoxy
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having the right opinion, from Gk. "right, true, straight"
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Barbaric
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Barbarian having the right opinion, from Gk. "right, true, straight"
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Cultivation Cultivated
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improve by training or education; improved by exposure to intellectual culture
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Heresy or Heretic
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opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted (esp. accepted by authorities)
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Covet
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The state of desiring, or lusting after that which is not one's own
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Classicism Classical
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Sought perfection in model of Ancient Greece; characterized by rational formality & restraint
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Etymological
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The study of word origins and history
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Decadent
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A period of decline in cultural power, or in the moral fabric of a nation
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Beseech
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ask for or request earnestly
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spendthrift
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someone who spends money prodigally
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paragon
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model of excellence or perfection of a kind
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enmity
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the feeling of a hostile person
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importuned
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questioned deeply; to request or beg for urgently
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magistrate
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a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
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supplant
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take the place or move into the position of
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detract
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take away a part from; speak ill of
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celestial
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of the stars, heaven or the spirit
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abominable
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
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Trifle
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insignificant thing
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Upbraid
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To scold and lecture for moral failings
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Commonwealth
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(1)an independent state or community, especially a democratic republic (2) the general or common good
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Temperance (temperate)
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(1) Showing moderation or self-restraint (2) a region or climate of mild temperatures (3) abstaining from alcohol
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Golden Age
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an idyllic, often imaginary past time of peace, prosperity, and happiness, from which we moderns have "fallen"
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Utopia
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"No Place" & "Best place" - Pun defining imaginary, perfect society
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Jaundiced
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Literally "yellowed", seeing the world with a bitterly pessimistic "realism"
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(in)/Credulous
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(not at all)/too willing to naively believe something
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Repose
Definition
a state of restfulness or tranquillity
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