Pre-AP English II: Othello Vocabulary

Write the definition of each vocabulary word in the space following the part of speech. Make sure the definition you choose matches the way the vocabulary word is used in the sentence from the text, below. Use a dictionary!

• Abhor (v)
• Bombast (adj)
• Epithet (n)
• Hold (v)
• Homage (n)
• Obsequious (adj)
• Peculiar (adj)
• Rouse (v)
• Suit (n)
• Vexation (n)

Iago: If ever I did dream of / such a matter, abhor me. (1.1.4-5)

Roderigo: Thou told’st me / Thou didst hold him in thy hate. (1.1.5-6)

Iago: (In personal suit to make me his lieutenant) (1.1.10)

Iago: But he (as loving his own pride and purposes) Evades them with a bombast circumstance Horribly stuffed with epithets of war (1.1.13-15)

Iago: (doting on his own obsequious bondage) (1.1.48)

Iago: And when they have lined their coats, / Do themselves homage. (1.1.56-57)

Iago: Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, / But seeming so, for my peculiar end. (1.1.61-62)

Iago: Call up her father. / Rouse him. (1.1.69-70)

Iago: Though that his joy be joy / Yet throw such changes of vexation on’t, / As it may lose some color. (1.1.73-75)

When you are confident you have the correct definitions, see me and you can complete the post-project quiz.