insatiable | (adj) can’t be satisfied |
renounce | (v)reject or give up |
accost | (v) approach with aggression |
discretion | (n)caution |
impudent | (adj) disrespectful or rude |
recompense | (v) compensation |
copious | (adj) large in quantity or number; plentiful |
ardor | (n) great warmth of feeling; passion |
arbitrary | (adj) subject to whim |
extort | (v used with object) to take by force |
provoked | (v used with object) instigate |
mellifluous | (adj) sweetly or smoothly sounding |
ambiguous | (adj)more than one meaning |
ingenious | (adj) clever or intelligent |
sordid | (adj) dirty or disgusting |
melancholy | (adj) sad or depressing |
austere | (adj) uncompromising; strict; forbidding |
detest | (v) to feel hate; dislike intensely |
gait | (n) a manner of walking, stepping, or running |
condemnation | (n) strong disapproval or criticism |
rebuke | (v used with object) scold or criticize |
dormant | (adj) inactive; in a state of rest or inactivity |
eloquent | (adj)fluent, well spoken |
renowned | (adj) celebrated; famous |
prominent | (adj) standing out so as to be seen easily; particularly noticeable |
predicament | (n) an unpleasantly difficult or dangerous situation |
impediment | (n) obstruction; obstacle |
exonerate | (v used with object) to clear, free from guilt or blame |
Twelfth Night Vocabulary
July 16, 2019