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World Lit.
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cozen | to ceat or deceive |
| tractable | easily managed |
| abhor | to hate, detest |
| acquicse | give in, agree to |
| rancorous | bitterly resentful |
| eschew | avoid, shun |
| emulate | to rival, imitate |
| ruse | an action or device meant to mislead |
| machination | a crafty scheme, an evil plot |
| discernment | perception, recognition |
| cuckold | a betrayed husband (w/horns) |
| hairshirt | garment worn by penitents |
| blockers | focus impeding plot |
| tattoo | a continuous drumming or tapping |
| votary | monk or nun |
| pulchritud | physical beauty and appeal |
| faction | a unified, discontent group |
| manifest | clear, obvious |
| reprove | rebuke, finding fault |
| importunate | stubbornly persistent |
| feign | to pretend |
| palpable | capable of being felt, concrete |
| assauge | satisfy, appease, calm |
| farthing | to coin worth, 1/4 of a penny |
| temerity | reckless disregard of duty |
| myrrh | a fragrant gum resin |
| routed | defeated overwhelmingly |
| shaft | the long part of an arrow or gun |
| helm | forward part of a ship |
| dirges | funeral hymns, laments |
| sooty | covered with black carbon form a fire |
| hovel | small, poor dwellings |
| touchstone | a stone used to test if gold is real, any test of value |
| deign | to think fit, grant, agree to |
| reticence | reserve, disinclination to speak |
| beacon | a signal fire on a hill |
| seer | someone who can foresee the future |
| henchmen | a male attendant to someone in power |
| libations | sacrificial offerings of wine |
| straights | narrow connecting waterway |
| onslaught | a violent, intense attack |
| seraph | an angel of the highest order |
| recoil | to draw back, retreat |
| lulled | calmed, quieted, soothed |
| censoriousness | faultfinding, carping |
| ostentatious | characterized by pretentious show |
| spleen | ill humor or spite, also an organ |
| mummeries | mime show, empty performance |
| charlotan | quack, one who pretends to be an expert |
| mountebank | trickster, especially a medical quack |
| specious | deceptively attractive, plausible but false |
| knavery | dishonest dealing or a piece od mischief |
| malapropism | a ludicrous misuse of a word |
| coquett | a female flirt |
| ucurp | to take over another's power or rights |
| frippies | showy trivial adornments |
| saucy | impertinent, disrespectful |
| purged | cleansed, got rid of something unpleasant |
| carrion | corpses, dead people or animals |
| scurged | beating, plague or curse |
| (death) throes | painful struggles and spasms of death |
| cauldron | a large metal bowl |
| lyre | small stringed instrument of the harp family |
| mercenary | motivated by desire for money (as a hired soldier) |
| deplete | to diminish, lessen, run out of something |
| oracle | a fortune, message about future, or person delivering it |
| rite | a formalized religious or ceremonial ritual |
| pomps | proud, very formal shows |
| annihilation | utter destruction |
| flaunt | an overly proud, extravagant show |
| quick | deepest feeling, painful flesh under fingernail |
Created by:
remosley
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