Something Wicked This Way Comes

Vocabulary

Define the following words as they are used in the text. Page numbers are provided to help you find the usage. Know that the dictionary may contain a variation of the word, i.e. “conscientiousness” may be found under “conscientious.”

Assignment 1. prologue (1), ironmongery (5), minted (6), conscientiousness (7), dialect (8), cudgel (9),  papyrus (13), perambulated (15), ganglion (17), incongruous (23), effulgence (25), undulated (26).

Assignment 2.  rococo (35), inconclusive (36), drowsed (36), frolicked (37), chestnut (39), exhilaration (41), grottos (43), gesticulations (45), sluicing (49), assaying (51).

Assignment 3: quickened (54), albatross (61), greaving (70), rictus (72), cravat (73), excruciate (73)

Assignment 4: loitered (84), whetting (87), incoherent (88), restively (93), centrifuge (101), gristle (103), promptitude (108), scythed (109), agglomerative (110)

Assignment 5: Jehoshaphat (126), brambled (133), hilarity, lolled (139), scuttle, sough (141) Leviathan (142), crone, roil (143), dogged (148), nether, wry (150) delirium (152)

Assignment 6: malodorous (155), baroque (166),

Assignment 7: fantoccini (185), flog, belfry (189), salve (195), indiscretion (201), ulcerated, propound (204), croupier (205), tandem (208)

Assignment 8: stripling (213), recumbent, panoply (215), pavane (221), plinth (223), sibilant (226), foible (229),