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A Midsummer Night's
Acts I and 2 vocabular
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nuptial | marriage; pertaining to marriage |
| wanes | fades; vanishes |
| dowager | widow who enjoys assets of her deceased husband |
| steep | to plunge |
| pert | lively |
| mirth | merry-making; festivity |
| melancholy | sadness |
| pomp | ceremony |
| revelling | celebrating |
| vexation | agitation |
| gawds | trinkets |
| sweetmeats | fruits preserved with sugar |
| livery | clothing or uniform |
| cloister | a convent or monastery |
| avouch | to declare |
| dote | to idolize; to be infatuated |
| extenuate | lessen or change |
| belike | probably |
| beteem | to give |
| tempest | a storm |
| ere | before |
| edict | a law; a declaration |
| lode stars | guiding stars, such as the north star |
| hawthorn | a flowering shrub |
| bated | excepted |
| primrose | a common wildflower of varying color |
| wont | accustomed |
| counsel | inmost thoughts |
| errs | goes astray |
| transpose | to change |
| beguiled | tricked; cheated |
| waggish | playful |
| forswear | to swear falsely |
| thither | there |
| interlude | short play or period of entertainment between main shows |
| condole | to lament |
| bellows | a flexible chamber used for producing a current of air, as for drafting a fire |
| devices | plans |
| favors | gifts |
| anon | soon |
| sheen | shining |
| dewlap | the fold of skin on the neck |
| forsooth | certainly |
| margent | an edge; a border |
| want | lack |
| rheumatic | of coughs, colds, flu, etc. |
| hoary | white or aged |
| odorous | fragrant |
| progeny | descendents |
| gait | walk |
| chide | to fight |
| promontory | high ridge |
| dulcet | sweet sounding |
| adamant | a stone with magnetic properties |
| draw | to attract |
| impeach | to call into question |
| anoint | to smear; to moisten |
| cankers | worms; grubs |
| offices | duties; purposes |
| aloof | distant physically or emotionally |
| sentinel | a guard |
| troth | truth |
| tarry | to wait |
| beshrew | to curse |
| churl | a villain |
| dissembling | deceitful |
| glass | a mirror |
| marshal | a person who directs or ushers guests at an event or ceremony |
| keen | sharp |
| surfeit | an overabundance |
| swoon | to faint |
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mzshaw
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