Download Use affixes and context clues to augment dictionary definitions of

Use affixes and context clues to augment dictionary definitions of these words. Also
use the sentences to remind yourself of plot details in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Refractory
but as fathers do not often desire the death of their own daughters, even though they do happen to prove a
little refractory, this law was seldom or never put in execution
Distract
Helena loved Demetrius to distraction
Afflict
Lysander was in great affliction at hearing these evil tidings
Reproach
he overheard Demetrius reproaching Helena for following him
“There lies your love,” said Oberon, as he pointed at the sleeping ass-headed Bottom, and reproached her
for having lavished her favors upon an ass.
Invoke
Even as Helena invoked his former love and professions of true faith to her, Demetrius left her
Dexterous
Puck promised to manage this matter very dexterously
Conjecture
he naturally enough conjectured that, as they were alone together, she would be the first thing he would see
when he awoke
Astonish
Helena, equally astonished, but for a different reason, was sure that Demetrius, Lysander, and her once dear
friend Hermia were all in a plot together to make a gull of her
Enamor
"Out of the wood do not desire to go," said the enamored queen.
“My Oberon! What visions have I seen! Methought I was enamored of an ass.”
Negligence
"This is thy negligence. Still thou mistak’st or else commit’st thy knaveries willfully.”
Mythology Mix-Up:
What can you discover about these figures from ancient Greek mythology?
Theseus
Hippolyta
Helen
Titans
Acheron
Pyramus and Thisbe
And this one from Celtic/European lore?
Oberon