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25 Cards in this Set
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Quirk |
A strange attitude or Habit
"One that excels the quirks of blazoning pens" |
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Contention |
The act of competing as for profit or a prize
"The great contention of the sea and skies" |
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Citadel |
A stronghold into which people go for shelter during battle
"They give their greeting to the citadel;" |
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Paradox |
(logic) a statement that contradicts itself
"These are old fond paradoxes to make fools laugh i' the alehouse." |
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Apt |
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
"You say true; 'tis so, indeed; if such tricks as these strip you out of your lieu tenantry, it had been better you had not kissed your three fingers so oft, which now again you are most apt to play the sir in" |
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Discreet |
Marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
"Mark me with what violence she first loved the Moor, but for bragging and telling her fantastical lies: and will she love him still for prating? let not thy discreet heart think it" |
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Satiety |
the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
"When the blood is made dull with the act of sport, there should be, again to inflame it and to give satiety a fresh appetite, loveliness in favour, sympathy in years, manners and beauties; all which the Moor is defective in..." |
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Eminent |
standing above others in quality or position
"Now, sir, this granted, --as it is a most pregnant and unforced position-- who stands so eminent in the degree of this fortune as Cassio does?..." |
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Voluble |
marked by a ready flow of speech
"...a knave very voluble; no further conscionable than in putting on the mere form of civil and humane seeming, for the better compassing of his salt and most hidden loose affection?..." |
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Counterfeit |
not genuine; imitating something superior
"...why, none; why, none: a slipper and subtle knave, a finder of occasions, that has an eye can stamp and counterfeit advantages, though true advantage never present itself" |
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Requisite |
necessary for relief or supply
"Besides, the knave is handsome, young, and hath all those requisites in him that folly and green minds look after: a pestilent complete knave; and the woman hath found him already" |
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Lechery |
unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
"Lechery, by this hand; an index and obscure prologue to the history of lust and foul thoughts." |
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Marshal |
lead ceremoniously, as in a procession
"Villainous thoughts, Roderigo! when these mutualities so marshal the way, hard at hand comes the master and main exercise, the incorporate conclusion, Pish!" |
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Impediment |
Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
"So shall you have a shorter journey to your desires by the means I shall then have to prefer them; and the impediment most profitably removed, without the which there were no expectation of our prosperity |
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Egregious |
Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
"For making him egregiously an ass" |
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Wary |
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
"That hold their honours in a wary distance," |
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Potent |
having or wielding force or authority
"I learned it in England, where, indeed, they are most potent in potting: your Dane, your German, and your swag-bellied Hollander --Drink, ho! -- are nothing to your English" |
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Equinox |
either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
"Tis to his virtue a just equinox" |
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Rogue |
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
"You rogue! you rascal!" |
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Censure |
harsh criticism or disapproval
"In mouths of wisest censure: what's the matter," |
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Entreat |
ask for or request earnestly
"Steps in to Cassio, and entreats his pause" |
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Inordinate |
beyond normal limits
"Every inordinate cup is unblessed and the ingredient is a devil" |
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Importune |
beg persistently and urgently
"Our general's wife is now the general: may say so in this respect, for that he hath devoted and given up himself to the contemplation, mark, and denouement of her parts and graces: confess yourself freely to her: importune her help to put you in your place again;..." |
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Renounce |
cast off
"To win the Moor -- were't to renounce his baptism," |
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Dilatory |
wasting time
"And wit depends on dilatory time" |
