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Taming of the Shrew
Vocabulary Test #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| induce | to bring on or to bring about |
| ingenuity | cleverness, inventiveness, resourcefulness |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| insolence | insulting or contemptuous behavior |
| jaded | weary from overuse, surfeited |
| largess | generous giving |
| loathe | to detest |
| malady | a disease or unwholesome condition |
| melancholy | depression of spirits |
| metaphysical | highly abstract or abstruse, relating to what is conceived as transcendent |
| mired | stuck or entangled |
| mirth | gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter |
| obeisance | an attitude of respect, a gesture made in token of respect |
| oblivion | state of being forgotten |
| pedantry | act of showing off learning n a manner that is needless and unimaginative |
| perpetuate | to prolong the existence of something |
| peruse | to read or to examine |
| pithy | concise and meaningful |
| prate | to talk idly or foolishly at great length |
| presumptuous | brazenly overstepping bounds, arrogant |
| prodigy | one with exceptional talents or powers, an extraordinary accomplishment |
| quench | to extinguish, to put out, to relieve with liquid |
| reputable | having a good reputation |
| revere | to honor, to regard with respect |
| rhetoric | to art of using words effectively in speaking or writing, inflated language |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles, of a primitive kind, relating to basic skills |
| ruffianism | rowdy or tough behavior |
| sever | to cut or separate |
| shrill | high-pitched or piercing (sound) |
| solicitous | worried, concerned |
| sovereign | possessed of controlling power |
| stoic | a stoical person, not showing passion or feeling, indifference, impassive |
| submissive | yielding or surrendering oneself to the will of another |
| tarry | to delay in coming or going, to linger |
| transmutation | a change into something different |
| usurp | to take possession or authority over something without right |
| utter | to express by speaking |
| vexation | discomfort or distress |
| virtuous | having excellent morals, righteous |
| voluble | ability to use words easily, fluent and glib |
| wanton | immoral, lewd |
| warranted | justified |