Othello
Act I vocabulary
assay
V. to examine or analyze
bombast
adj. pompous speech; pretentious words
candid
N. sincere; straightforward
desolate
Adj. spiritual ruin; loss of the soul
epithet
N. any word or phrase applied to a person
to describe an actual quality
guileless
Adj. open with words; honest; outspoken
laconic
Adj. using few words; concise
lascivious
Adj. inclined to lustfulness; arousing desire
obsequious
Adj. characterized by or showing servile
complaisance; dutiful
perdition
N. having the feeling of being abandoned
by friends or by hope
promulgate
V. to set forth or teach publicly
rouse
V. to bring out of state of sleep or inactivity
scion
N. a descendant
My mother’s descendant.
What my father’s scions look
like.
sordidness
N. lacking in morals
subjugating
V. bringing under complete control;
mastering