Reed English Second Semester Final
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- prologue
- an introduction/preface
- farce
- a ludicrous, empty show; a mockery
- quintessential
- Of, relating to, or having the nature of a quintessence; being the most typical
- medieval
- Relating/belonging to the middle ages
- augment
- enlarge
- sonnet
- A 14-line verse form poem usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes
- allusion
- indirect reference
- tragedy
- A disastrous event, especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life; A play, film, television program, or other narrative work that portrays or depicts calamitous events and has an unhappy but meaningful ending
- profane
- Vulgar; coarse
- languish
- To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor
- puns
- A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words
- soliloquy
- The act of speaking to oneself
- renaissance
- A rebirth or revival
- pernicious
- Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly; harmful; destructive
- nuptial
- of/relating to the act of marraige; a wedding ceremony
- disparagement
- to speak of in a slighting/disrespectful way; belittle; to reduce in esteem or rank
- feign
- to imitate as so to deceive; to represent falsely
- garish
- loud and flahsy; marked by obsessive decoration
- obsequies
- a funeral rite or ceremony
- rapture
- an expression of ecstatic feeling; the state of being transported by a lofty emotion
- rancor
- bitter, long-lasting resentment
- poultice
-
A soft moist mass of bread, meal, clay, or other adhesive substance, usually heated, spread on cloth, and applied to warm, moisten, or stimulate an aching or inflamed part of the body
(think ice = pain reduction) - inundation
- to cover with water, especially floodwaters; to overwhelm as with a flood
- sepulcher
- a burial vault; A receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar
- ambiguity
- somthing of doubtful meaning
- invocation
- a prayer/other formula used for invoking; an appeal to a higher power for assistance
- wanton
- immoral/unchaste; lewd
- pensive
- deeply, often wistfully/dreamily thoughtful; suggestive/expressive of melencholy thoughtfulness
- enmity
-
deep-seated, often mutual hatred
(think enemy) - paramour
-
a lover, especially one in adulterous relationships
(think para=for mour=love) - miasma
- a noxious atmosphere/influence
- paynim
-
a pagen; a non-christian, especially a Muslim
(think pagen) - abdicate
- to relinquish power formally;
- anarchy
- abscence of any form of political authority
- peerage
- The rank, title, or jurisdiction of a peer or peeress; a duchy, marquisate, county, viscountcy, or barony
- myriad
- constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable; a vast number
- millennium
- a span of one thousand years
- duplicity
- the quality/state of being twofold/double
- avocation
-
An activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment; a hobby
(think a vacation) - etiquette
- the practices and forms perscribed by social convention and authority
- optic
- of/relating to the eye/vision
- centurion
-
The commander of a century in The Roman Army
(think on the century) - tumulus
-
an ancient grave mound; barrow
(think tomb) - provocation
-
the act of provoking or inciting
(think provoke) - fatuous
-
delusive; unreal
(think fat chance) - turbulence
- the state/quality of being turbulent
- palpable
- capable of being handled/touched
- timorous
-
full of appriehensiveness; timid
(think timid) - capitulation
-
the act of surrenduring/giving up
(think capture) - cornucopia
- an abundance
- jocular
- characterized by joking
- palatable
-
acceptable to the taste/mind/sensibilities
(think palate as in the roof of your mouth) - confederation
- a group of confederates, usually states or nations, united for a common purpose; a league
- succinct
-
characterized by clear, precise expression in a few words
(think short, sweet, and to the point) - tourney
- to compete in a tournament; a tournament
- jest
- an object of ridicule; a witty remark; a prank
- conspiracy
- an agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or submersive act;
- insurgents
- the ones rebelling against the leadership of a political party
- cavalier
- carefree/nonchalant; a gallant/chivalrous man
- catapult
- a machine for hurling projectiles; to hurl or launch
- treatise
- a systematic, exstensive written discourse on a subject
- minions
-
a subordinate official; an obsequious follower or dependent
(think mini-ones) - vulgar
- crudely indecent
- gluttony
- excess in anything (mostly eating and drinking)
- convert
- to change something/someone into another form
- annihilation
- complete and total destruction
- carrion
- dead and decaying flesh
- potentate
- one who has the power and position to rule over others
- tithes
-
a tax/assesment of one tenth, normally donated to the church
(think tithe=tenth) - concave
- curved like the inner surface of a sphere
- clarion
-
loud and clear
(think clarion=clear-ion - hoar
-
showing characteristics of age
(think old) - introspect
- to examine one's own mind/thoughts/intentions
- mead
- an alchoholic beverage made from fermented honey and water
- viscous
-
having high resistance to flow
(think sticky) - compline
-
the last of seven hours recited ot sung just before retiring
(think end of the line) - battalions
- a large body of organized troops
- psyche
- intimidate
- hart
- a male deer, especially a male red deer over 5 yrs old
- querulous
-
given to complaining; peevish
(think queery) - pinions
- the wing/primary feather of a bird
- complacently
- eager to please
- nocturnal
- active at night
- cavalcade
-
a ceremonial procession/display
(think parade) - carillon
- a stationary set of chromatically tuned bells placed in a tower, usually played from a keyboard
- vermilion
- of vivid red/reddish orange; also called chinese red/cinnibar
- wraiths
-
the ghost of a dead person
(think wrath of the dead) - phalanx
- a compact/close-knit body of people
- convex
-
having a surface or boundary that curves outward
(reminder concave=in, convex=out) - temperate
- exercising moderation and self-restraint
- battery
- the act of beating/pounding
- commiserate
- to feel/express sorrow for; sympathize with
- excrescence
- an outgrowth/enlargement, especially an abnormal one such as a wart
- homily
- a sermon; a lecture; an inspirational saying
- exonerate
-
to free from a blame/obligation/
or a responsibility/task - imprecations
- a curse
- imperiously
- urgent; pressing; regal; imperial
- condescension
- patronizing superior behavior/attitude
- intimated
- to announce/proclaim
- unremunerative
-
not yielding profit/recompense
(think un-returning) - declamation
- a recitation delivered as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution
- farinaceous
- having a mealy/powdery texture
- connubial
-
relating to marriage/married state
(think co-ed relationship) - contumaciously
-
bostinately disobedient/rebellious; insubordinate
(think counter-... or maliciously) - beadle
- a minor parish official formerly employed in an English church to usher and keep order during services
- miscreant
- an evildoer/villain
- hypothetical
- of/relating to/based on a hypothesis; a created scenario used to test a theory
- ostentatiously
- boastful display meant to impress others
- appropriated
-
suitable for a particular person/condition/occasion or place; fitting
(think appropriate) - sagaciously
- having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; shrewd
- garret
- a room on the top floor of a house; an attic
- spasmodic
-
relating to/affected by/having the character of a spasm; convulsive; given to sudden outbursts of energy/feeling
(think spaz - subterfuge
- a deceptive stratagem/device
- penitential
- of/relating to penance; a book of church rules concerning the sacrement of penance; a penitent
- mollified
-
to lessen in intensity; to calm in temper
(think modified) - accoucher
- a man who assists women in childbirth; an obstetrician; a man midwife
- perspicuity
- the quality of being perspicuous; clearness and lucidity
- interlocutor
- someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally/officially
- omnipotent
-
all powerful
(think omni=all & potent=power) - obtrude
-
to thrust out/push forward; to impose
(think opposite of intruder)