Othello –
Othello –
Act I
WORDS
Act I
WORDS
1. assay v. to examine or analyze
2. bombast n. pompous speech; pretentious
words
3. candid adj. sincere; straightforward
4. desolate adj. spiritual ruin; loss of the
soul
5. epithet n. any word or phrase applied to a
person to describe an actual quality
6. guileless adj. open with words; honest;
outspoken
7. laconic adj. using few words; concise
8. lascivious adj. inclined to lustfulness;
arousing desire
9. obsequious adj. characterized by or
showing servile complaisance; dutiful
10. perdition n. having the feeling of being
abandoned by friends or by hope
11. promulgate v. to set forth or teach
publicly
12. rouse v. to bring out of state of sleep or
inactivity
13. scion n. a descendant
14. sordidness n. lacking in moral
15. subjugating v. bring under complete
control; mastering
1. assay v. to examine or analyze
2. bombast n. pompous speech; pretentious
words
3. candid adj. sincere; straightforward
4. desolate adj. spiritual ruin; loss of the
soul
5. epithet n. any word or phrase applied to a
person to describe an actual quality
6. guileless adj. open with words; honest;
outspoken
7. laconic adj. using few words; concise
8. lascivious adj. inclined to lustfulness;
arousing desire
9. obsequious adj. characterized by or
showing servile complaisance; dutiful
10. perdition n. having the feeling of being
abandoned by friends or by hope
11. promulgate v. to set forth or teach
publicly
12. rouse v. to bring out of state of sleep or
inactivity
13. scion n. a descendant
14. sordidness n. lacking in moral
15. subjugating v. bring under complete
control; mastering