Othello Vocab -Act One

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Epithet

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a word or short phrase used to describe someone, especially when praising them or saying something unpleasant about them:

EX: He hardly deserves the epithet 'fascist'.

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obsequious

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very eager to please or agree with people who are powerful - used in order to show disapproval
EX: an obsequious smile

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Knave

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a dishonest boy or man
EX: cunning, knavish tricks

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Visage

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a face,usually with reference to shape, features, expression,

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Homage

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formal something you do to show respect for someone or something you think is important:
EX:[ The film pays homage to Martin Scorsese's 'Mean Streets'.

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Vexation

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when you feel worried or annoyed by something
EX: Erika stamped her foot in vexation.

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Ruffian

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a violent man, involved in crime:
EX: a gang of ruffians

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reverence

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great respect and admiration for someone or something
EX: reverence for tradition

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Delude

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to make someone believe something that is not true
EX:I was angry with him for trying to delude me.
It is easy to delude yourself into believing you're in love.
Don't be deluded into thinking your house is burglarproof.

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Gail

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to make someone feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair:
EX: It really galled him to see Anita doing so well now.

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Apprehend

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1 formal if the police apprehend a criminal, they catch him or her [= arrest]:
EX: The police have failed to apprehend the culprits.
2 old-fashioned to understand something:
They were slow to apprehend the danger.

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Promulgate

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1 to spread an idea or belief to as many people as possible
2. to make a new law come into effect by announcing it officially

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incur

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1 if you incur a cost, debt, or a fine, you have to pay money because of something you have done, or you do not make money
incur expenses/costs/losses/debts etc
If the council loses the appeal, it will incur all the legal costs.
the heavy losses incurred by airlines since September 11th
2 if you incur something unpleasant, it happens to you because of something you have done
incur somebody's displeasure/wrath/disapproval etc
She wondered what she'd done to incur his displeasure this time

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beguile

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1 to interest and attract someone:
She was beguiled by his smooth talk.
2 to persuade or trick someone into doing something
beguile somebody into doing something
He was beguiled into buying another copy of her book.
3 to do something that makes the time pass in an enjoyable way

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Conjure

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1. to perform clever tricks in which you seem to make things appear, disappear, or change by magic:
The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.
2 [transitive] to make something appear or happen in a way which is not expected:He has conjured victories from worse situations than this.
3
a name to conjure with
the name of a very important person
conjure something ↔ up
phrasal verb
1 to bring a thought, picture, idea, or memory to someone's mind
conjure up images/pictures/thoughts etc (of something)
Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless salads.
2 to make something appear when it is not expected, as if by magic:
Somehow we have to conjure up another $10,000.
to make the soul of a dead person appear by saying special magic words

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preposterous

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completely unreasonable or silly [= absurd]:
The whole idea sounds absolutely preposterous!

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overt

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overt actions are done publicly, without trying to hide anything
EX: an overt attempt to silence their political opponents

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discourse

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to make a long formal speech about something, or to discuss something seriously

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equivocal

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1 if you are equivocal, you are deliberately unclear in the way that you give information or your opinion [= ambiguous]:
His answer was equivocal.
She was rather equivocal about her work.
2 information that is equivocal is difficult to understand or explain because it contains different parts which suggest that different things are true:
The results of the police enquiry were equivocal.