1. Othello Act I vocabulary

2. assay V. to examine or analyze

3. bombast adj. pompous speech; pretentious words

4. candid N. sincere; straightforward

5. desolate Adj. spiritual ruin; loss of the soul

6. epithet N. any word or phrase applied to a person to describe an actual quality

7. guileless Adj. open with words; honest; outspoken

8. laconic Adj. using few words; concise

9. lascivious Adj. inclined to lustfulness; arousing desire

10. obsequious Adj. characterized by or showing servile complaisance; dutiful

11. perdition N. having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope

12. promulgate V. to set forth or teach publicly

13. rouse V. to bring out of state of sleep or inactivity

14. scion N. a descendant My mother’s descendant. What my father’s scions look like.

15. sordidness N. lacking in morals

16. subjugating V. bringing under complete control; mastering