| 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