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Rape of the Lock
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mead | meadow |
| foredoom | destiny |
| toilet | preparation for execution |
| Exchange | market |
| Ombre | card game |
| place | rank |
| hoary | grey (of facial hair) |
| sustain | hold |
| succinct | girded up |
| halberd | military weapon, part axe and part spear |
| swarthy | dark |
| sable | black |
| Pam | knave or jack of clubs |
| refulgent | radiant |
| promiscuous | random, unsystematic |
| codille | elbow; defeat in Ombre |
| prostrate | lying stretched on the ground |
| grateful | pleasing |
| straight | immediately |
| engine | instrument |
| nosegay | bunch of flowers, herbs |
| forfex | scissors |
| date | end |
| manteau | gown |
| shades | shadows |
| Megrim | migraine |
| mien | conduct or look |
| spires | coils |
| pipkin | small pot or pan |
| physic | medicine |
| pet | ill-humor |
| citron-waters | flavored brandy |
| costive | constipated |
| durance | curling papers |
| lead | wire supports |
| rapacious | aggressively greedy |
| bohea | tea |
| break | divide |