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Twelfth Night Native Vocab

Terms in this set (17)

Abjure to renounce or reject; abstain from

Accost approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently

Cloister monastery or place of seclusion

Cloistress a nun

Demure modest, reserved or coy

Eunuch a man who has been castrated

Loath unwilling to do something against one's way of thinking; disinclined

Mitigate to make less harsh, hostile or painful

Niggardly grudgingly reluctant to spend; stingy

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one who is unimaginative or over emphasizes particulars in presentation

Pedant or use of knowledge

Prerogative an exclusive, right, power or privilege belonging to one due to status

Prodigal extravagantly or recklessly wasteful

Provident acting with an eye toward the future; prudent, frugal

Staid having calmness and self-restraint; sober or grave

Surfeit to gorge, overindulge in eating

Transgress to violate a law or sin

Visage face, aspect or appearance of something

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