Sunday, May 30, 2010

Act II Vocab.

1. dissemble: v. to pretend (Scene 2, line 98)
After commiting the horrible crime, the man could not dissemble his feelings in front of the jury.
2. flout: v. to mock (Scene 2, line 129)
The girl did not like her classmates flouting her lisp.

3. progeny: n. offspring (Scene 1, line 116)
It is a mystery how their progeny have blue eyes and blond hair when they themselves have dark features.

4. promontory: n. peak of land that juts out (Scene 1, line 151)
When we would take vaccations to the island, my mom always told me not to go near the promontory to insure that i would not hurt myself.

5. wanton: adj. shameless (Scene 1, line 64)
Her wanton courage proved to the world that woman could really do anything and everything a man could.

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