Othello
Vocabulary Quiz
Instructions: Match the word with its definition.
A. obsequious
D. facile
G. dilatory
J. dissemble
M. venial
P. avaunt
S. portent
B. timorous
E. descry
H. cashier
K. castigation
N. fulsome
Q. restitution
T. interim
C. circumscription
F. egregious
I. ruminate
L. vehement
O. mandate
R. minion
1. _____ intended to delay; tending to postpone or delay
2. _____ forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction
3. _____ something, such as a limit or restriction, that circumscribes
4. _____ an authoritative command or instruction
5. _____ to disguise or conceal behind a false appearance
6. _____ act of making good for loss, damage, or injury
7. _____ an interval of time between one event, process, or period and another
8. _____ full of apprehensiveness; timid
9. _____ hence; away
10. _____ to turn a matter over and over in the mind; ponder
11. _____ an indication of something important or calamitous about to occur
12. _____ conspicuously bad or offensive; flagrant
13. _____ easily excused or forgiven; pardonable
14. _____ done or achieved with little effort or difficulty
15. _____ offensively flattering or insincere
16. _____ to dismiss from a position of command or responsibility
17. _____ a fawning follower or dependent
18. _____ to catch sight of; detect
19. _____ inflicting of severe punishment on
20. _____ full of or exhibiting servile compliance