| bequile | to trick |
| beguile sentence | a common man beguiled me out of my money |
| nuptial | relating to marriage or a wedding |
| nuptial sentence | we sampled some nuptial cakes |
| dote | to love with foolish fondness |
| dote sentence | helena dotes on demetrius |
| feign | to pretend |
| feign sentence | my sister feigned sickness to skip school |
| reveling | celebrating, partying |
| reveling sentence | its common for people to be reveling at prom |
| woo | to court, pursue, chase |
| woo sentence | pip tried to woo stella but she declines him |
| shrewd | sharp, witty, clever |
| shrewd sentence | the criminal was not shrewd enough to know that we can see through his disguise |
| flout | mock or scoff at |
| flout sentence | she feels like others are flouting her as she walked past |
| progeny | offspring |
| progeny sentence | He was the progeny of the president and his affair |
| swoon | to faint |
| swoon sentence | elle swooned when she saw warner |
| tedious | dull, long, boring |
| tedious sentence | the tedious drive to florida was 14 hours |
| vile | repulsive, disgusting |
| vile sentence | the vile man came onto her in an alley |
| virtuous | having excellent morals; righteous |
| virtuous sentence | she was the most virtuous and honest women that he ever met |
| chaste | celibate, pure, virginal |
| chaste sentence | hermia wanted to remain chaste while in the woods with Lysander |
| chide | to scold |
| chide sentence | demetrius chided hermia for following him to the woods |
| derision | ridicule, mockery |
| derision sentence | helena thought lysander was treatinng her with derision |
| divine | godlike, heavenly |
| divine sentence | helena thinks demetrius is divine |
| odious | offensive, disgusting |
| odious sentence | using children as soldiers is odious |
| oderous | fragrant, sweet-smelling |
| oderous sentence | the flowers were oderous |
| spurn sentence | demetrius spurns helena because he hates her |
| spurn | to reject |
| discourse | conversation |
| discourse sentence | emma had discourse with her class about race |
| enmity | hostility |
| enmity sentence | demetrius had enmity towards lysander |
| paragon | model of perfection |
| paragon sentence | some mothers are a paragon to their children |
| amends | something done to make up for a mistake |
| amends sentence | After their fight, he went to amend their relationship |
| audacious | bold or daring |
| audacious sentence | feeding the tiger is a very audacious job for zookeepers |
| discharge | to fulfill or preform |
| discharge sentence | a soldier could discharge her duties despite its hardness |
| gait | manner of walking |
| gait sentence | some people have a gait of a little bounce in their step |
a midsummer nights dream vocab
August 14, 2019