Unit 1 Vocab
To unfairly use someone or something for one’s own benefit
take advantage of
A _______________ sheep wandered into the Cyclops’ cave.
stray
not genuine; imitating something superior
counterfeit
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the ___________ sun.
garish
destroy or injure severely
mangle
Extremely hungry
famished
Hera would ________________ Zeus for his affairs with mortals.
scold
a health professional trained in the art of preparing drugs
apothecary
It was the nightingale, and not the ___________,
That pierc'd the fearful hollow of thine ear.
lark
A short story that teaches a lesson, often with animals as characters
fable
To cut the wool or hair from
shear
Zeus overthrew the ___________Cronus to rule Olympus.
tyrant
remove something that has been rejected
cull
Old Montague is come
And ________________ his blade in spite of me.
flourish
adroitness in using the hands
dexterity
To place or set something up for use
install
The _________________ ambrosia of the gods granted immortality.
luscious
words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
slander
More honourable state, more courtship lives
In _____________ flies than Romeo.
carrion
The lesson taught by a story or myth
moral
Having an overly high opinion of oneself; arrogant
conceited
The __________________ monster devoured an entire herd in one night.
voracious
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
rancour
And in this state she 'gallops night by night
Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;
O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on cursies straight;
O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees;
O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream,
Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,
Because their breaths with sweetmeats _______________ are.
tainted
boding ill
inauspicious