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Unit 3: Part 1 Vocabulary

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  1. profanation
    the act of disrespecting something sacred or holy
    So let us melt, and make no noise,
    No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move,
    ’Twere profanation of our joys
    To tell the laity our love.
  2. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
    So let us melt, and make no noise,
    No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move,
    ’Twere profanation of our joys
    To tell the laity our love.
  3. laity
    members of a religious community who are not clergy
    So let us melt, and make no noise,
    No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move,
    ’Twere profanation of our joys
    To tell the laity our love.
  4. contention
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
    There was a contention as far as a suit (in which both piety and dignity, religion and estimation, were mingled) which of the religious orders should ring to prayers first in the morning; and it was determined that they should ring first that rose earliest.
  5. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
    There was a contention as far as a suit (in which both piety and dignity, religion and estimation, were mingled) which of the religious orders should ring to prayers first in the morning; and it was determined that they should ring first that rose earliest.
  6. covetous
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
    Truly it were an excusable covetousness if we did; for affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
  7. fate
    the ultimate agency predetermining the course of events
    Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;
    My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy,
    Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay,
    Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.
  8. lament
    express grief verbally
    O, could I lose all father, now. For why
    Will man lament the state he should envy?
    To have so soon scaped world’s, and flesh’s rage,
    And, if no other misery, yet age?
  9. presume
    take to be the case or to be true
    Still to be powdered, still perfumed;
    Lady, it is to be presumed,
    Though art’s hid causes are not found,
    All is not sweet, all is not sound.
  10. sound
    in good condition; free from defect, damage, or decay
    Still to be powdered, still perfumed;
    Lady, it is to be presumed,
    Though art’s hid causes are not found,
    All is not sweet, all is not sound.
  11. divine
    being or having the nature of a god
    The thirst that from the soul doth rise,
    Doth ask a drink divine:
    But might I of Jove’s nectar sup,
    I would not change for thine.
  12. wreath
    a circular band of flowers or other foliage
    I sent thee late a rosy wreath,
    Not so much honoring thee,
    As giving it a hope, that there
    It could not withered be.
  13. coy
    affectedly shy especially in a playful or provocative way
    Had we but world enough, and time,
    This coyness lady were no crime.
  14. amorous
    inclined toward or displaying love
    Now let us sport us while we may,
    And now, like amorous birds of prey,
    Rather at once our time devour
    Than languish in his slow-chapped power.
  15. languish
    become feeble
    Now let us sport us while we may,
    And now, like amorous birds of prey,
    Rather at once our time devour
    Than languish in his slow-chapped power.
  16. prime
    the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
    Then be not coy, but use your time,
    And, while ye may, go marry;
    For, having lost but once your prime,
    You may forever tarry.
  17. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
    Why so pale and wan, fond lover?
    Prithee, why so pale?
    Will, when looking well can’t move her,
    Looking ill prevail?
    Prithee, why so pale?
  18. prevail
    prove superior
    Why so pale and wan, fond lover?
    Prithee, why so pale?
    Will, when looking well can’t move her,
    Looking ill prevail?
    Prithee, why so pale?
Created on Thu Oct 22 15:24:14 EDT 2020 (updated Fri Oct 30 13:46:52 EDT 2020)

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