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Tartuffe Vocab Words
Vocabulary Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hypocrite | posing as believing but believing another |
| Bigot | radically intolerant person |
| Reproof | rebuke; called out for wrongdoing |
| Usurp | overthrow; to seize without legal authority |
| Promiscuous | indiscriminate in sexual partners; sexually immoral |
| Besmirch | to stain |
| Coquettes | woman who makes sexual overtures |
| Oracular | giving forth wisdom |
| Lackey | footman |
| Tutelage | teaching |
| Pious | show deep respect for religion |
| Charlatans | person who claims knowledge |
| Orthodoxy | religiously zealous |
| Cuckold | husband who has an adulterous wife |
| Solace | comfort |
| Armistice | truce |
| Votary | bounded by religious vows (votes) |
| Fervor | great warmth; intensity of emotion |
| Eschew | avoid or shun |
| Seraph | angel |
| Ingrate | ungrateful person |
| Pulchritude | beauty |
| Rectitude | moral uprightness |