Othello Vocabulary

(noun) caution; thoughtfulness

• usurped

• circumspection

• wanton

• baseness

(v) to influence by trickery; to mislead

• consecrate

• beguile

• usurped

• forbear

(v) - to make or declare sacred

• defunct

• usurped

• beguile

• consecrate

(n) morally low

• baseness

• usurped

• homage

• discord

Draw a ling to the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blanks.

• censure

• O, fie upon them! Some such squire he was

  That turned your wit the seamy side without

  And made you to suspect me with the Moor.

• seamy

• But there where I have ______ up my heart,

  Where either I must live or bear no life,

  The fountain from the which my current runs

  Or else dries up....

• garner

• I will be hanged if some eternal villain,

  Some busy and insinuating rogue,

  Some cogging, _________ing slave, to get some ofce,

  Have not devised this slander.

• affliction

• He’s that he is. I may not breathe my _________

• cozen

• Had it pleased heaven

  To try me with ______, had they rained

  All kind of sores and shames on my bare head,

  Steeped me in poverty to the very lips,

  Given to captivity me and my utmost hopes,

  I should have found in some place of my soul

  A drop of patience.

(adj) showing a lack of courage or determination; timid

• A) valiant

• B) craven

• C) resolute

• D) audacious

(n) a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules

• A) pedant

• B) libertine

• C) hedonist

• D) ascetic

(v) to make something appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic

• A) conjure

• B) obliterate

• C) fabricate

• D) dismantle

(n) a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

• A) euphoria

• B) melancholy

• C) jubilation

• D) elation

(adj) having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage

• A) naive

• B) astute

• C) gullible

• D) obtuse