Download Shakes background-additonal vocabualry requirements

ACLA 3rd, 4th, 5th periods
In lieu of an additional assessment on the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, students will choose 5
vocabulary terms from the Shakespeare packet and complete a word gallery. (See list below.) In
addition, include 3 of those terms in your back story in an appropriate manner. This will comprise 10
points of the final draft of your back story Part I.
Austerity: n. condition of lacking pleasure or luxury
Beguile: v. to trick
Cloister: n. place where members of a religious community live
Dote: v. to love with foolish fondness
Extenuate: v. to lessen the seriousness of
Feign: v. to pretend
Idolatry: n. false worship
Reveling: n. enjoying festivities
Dissemble: v. to pretend
Flout: v. to mock
Progeny: n. offspring
Promontory: n. peak of land that juts out
Wanton: adj. shameless
Bequeath: v. to leave to or pass on to, as in a will
Chide: v. to scold
Derision: n. scorn
Entreat: v. to beg
Rebuke: v. to scold
Recompense: n. payment
Sojourn: v. to stay somewhere for a while
Spurn: v. to reject
Discourse: n. conversation
Enmity: n. hostility
Paragon: n. model of perfection
Amends: n. something done to make up for a fault or mistake
Audacious: adj. bold
Gait: n. manner of walking
Premeditated: adj. planned
Reprehend: v. to find fault with
Satire: n. literary work exposing human vices and shortcomings to ridicule and scorn
Transfigure: v. to change
Source:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
T HEG LENCOEL ITERATUREL IBRARY
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