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cyrano de bergerac vocab

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Affable
adj-easy and pleasant to speak to, approachable
droll
adj-amusingly odd or whimsically comical
dubious
adj-fruaght with uncertainty or doubt, undecided
enmity
n-deep seated often mutual hatred
obsequious
adj-full of or exhibiting servile compliance, fawning
acrostic
n-a poem or series of lines in which certain letters, usually the first in each line, form a name, motto, or message when read in sequence.
Doublet
n-a close fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by european men between 15th and 17th centuries
retinue
n-retainers or attendants accompanying a high ranking person
whelp
n-an impudent young fellow
abject
adj-brought low in condition or status
epigrams
n-short witty poem expressing a single thought or observation
insolence
n-the trait of being rude and impertinent, inclined to take liberties
vacuous
adj-lacking intelligence stupid
defiled
adj-morally blemished, stained or impure
obstinate
adj-stubbornly adhering to an attitude opinion or course of action obdurate
omniscient
adj-having total knowledge, knowing everything
stoic
n-one who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy grief pleasure or pain
vermin
n- a person considered loathsome or highly offensive
avowal
n-a frank admission or acknowledgement
desolate
adj-bereft of friends or hope, sad and forlorn
bequeath
v-to leave or give by will
eloquence
n-the quality of persuasive, powerful expression
Heresy
n-a controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy or science
quintessence
the pure highly concentrated essence of a thing.
slanders
v-to make a false and malicious statement or report buot someone

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