"Othello" by William Shakespeare, Act IV-V

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  1. affliction
    a cause of great suffering and distress
    To try me with affliction; had they rain'd
  2. bode
    indicate by signs
    Boding to all -- he had my handkerchief.
  3. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
    He's that he is: I may not breathe my censure
  4. construe
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
    And his unbookish jealousy must construe
  5. cunning
    showing inventiveness and skill
    I will be found most cunning in my patience;
  6. dotage
    mental infirmity as a consequence of old age
    Or voluntary dotage of some mistress,
  7. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
    Get me some poison, Iago; this night: I'll not
    expostulate with her, lest her body and beauty
    unprovide my mind again: this night, Iago.
  8. extenuate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or degree of
    Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,
  9. importunate
    making persistent or urgent requests
    Who having, by their own importunate suit,
  10. impudent
    improperly forward or bold
    Impudent strumpet!
  11. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
    If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her
    patent to offend; for, if it touch not you, it comes
    near nobody.
  12. insinuate
    introduce or insert in a subtle manner
    Some busy and insinuating rogue,
  13. malignant
    dangerous to health
    Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk
  14. mischance
    an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
    'Tis some mischance; the cry is very direful.
  15. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
    You told a lie, an odious, damned lie;
    Often associated with a bad smell, as in odor.
  16. palate
    the surface of the mouth separating oral and nasal cavities
    And have their palates both for sweet and sour,
  17. peril
    a state of danger involving risk
    May unfold me to him; there stand I in much peril:
  18. perjury
    criminal offense of making false statements under oath
    Take heed of perjury; thou art on thy deathbed.
  19. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
    If he say so, may his pernicious soul
  20. populous
    densely filled with inhabitants
    There's many a beast then in a populous city,
  21. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
    These are portents; but yet I hope, I hope,
  22. purgatory
    a temporary condition of torment or suffering
    I should venture purgatory for't.
  23. restitution
    the act of restoring something to its original state
    He calls me to a restitution large
  24. spartan
    unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
    O Spartan dog,
    Originating from the Greek city state, Sparta, where citizens were well disciplined and valued strict rules.
  25. traduce
    speak unfavorably about
    Beat a Venetian and traduced the state,
  26. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
    O treacherous villains!
  27. venial
    easily excused or forgiven
    So they do nothing, 'tis a venial slip:
Created on Mon Feb 11 12:35:23 EST 2013 (updated Wed Feb 20 17:15:05 EST 2013)

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