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Common Core alignment to "Reading: Literature and Subject-related Content" is to 3 key phrases:
"Particular Topic", "Context" and "Reading Literature". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades:
Particular Topic: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 4.6. 5.6, 6.6, 7.6, 8.6, 9-10.6, 11-12.6
Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a
Reading: Literature: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers:
RL.2.4, RL.3.4, RL.4.4. RL.5.4, RL.6.4, RL.7.4, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.4, RL.11-12.4
Reading: Informational Text: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers:
RI.2.4, RI.3.4, RI.4.4. RI.5.4, RI.6.4, RI.7.4, RI.8.4, RI.9-10.4, RI.11-12.4
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The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare (106 words)
Act 1:
conceive = take into the mind -imagine; to become pregnant
knave = boy, servant or rogue
felicitate = to offer congratulations to; make happy
plight = troth or engage; a bad state or condition
pawn = to deposit or pledge (v); a chess piece (n)
Apollo = god of the Sun
sustain = give support or relief; nourish; prolong
vassal = slave
miscreant = villain
Jupiter = king of the Roman gods
aloof = removed or distant in interest: reserved
appertain = concern
rash = over hasty, daring (adj); an skin eruption (n)
choler = irritability; anger
scourge = widespread affliction (n); to whip (v)
surfeit = an overabundance; intemperate indulgence
diffidence = timidity; unassertiveness; distrustful
dissipation = a breaking up or driving off; a dissolving; a squandering
cohort = friend, a pal
countenance = calm expression; mental composure
profess = to assert openly or freely; to take religious vows
allay = calm or assuage
coxcomb = a conceited foolish person; a hat
motley = multicolored
foppish = vain about appearance; foolish
censure = blame
redress = to set a wrong right; remedy or correct
fraught = full of or filled with
lethargy = abnormal sleepiness; laziness
derogate = belittle or detract; dishonor
visage = face
Act 2:
queasy = uncertain; causing nausea or uneasiness
endeavor = to make an effort: try
dispatch = send off
consort = to keep company: associate with
worsted = compact yarn from long wool
lily-livered = cowardly
varlet = rascal, rapscallion
zed = the letter z
epileptic = disordering of the nervous system typified by convulsions
Phoebus = the sun
Ajax = a Greek warrior
malice = unreasonable dislike to do harm
knave = servant, rascal
vantage = position giving a strategic advantage in view
grime = soot, smut or accumulated dirt
Jupiter = king of the Roman gods
mien = look or bearing showing mood or personality
wanton = lewd: sensual; inhumane
abate = reduce or decrease in degree, amount or intensity: moderate
carbunkle = painful skin inflammation
superfluous = exceeding what is necessary: extra
bestow = to present as a gift: confer
Act 3:
louse = vermin like fleas
perjure = to make oneself guilty of knowingly swearing falsely by oath
scant = hardly sufficient; meager; very little
heretic = non-believer of church doctrine
Albion = Great Britain
physic = a medicinal preparation: purgative
pomp = display of splendor; show of magnificence
fathom = measurement of depth of water (n); to come to understand (v)
pendulous = suspended to swing freely; hanging downward
placket = opening in a garment as a skirt
importune = plead with troublesome persistence; annoy
censured = judged, sentenced with an official reprimand
reprove = scold or blame gently or with kindness
apprehension = fear, arrest
yeoman = rank below gentry; someone in a royal household
arraign = to call before a court: to charge
warp = to bend, twist out of shape; distort
balm = soothing preparation that comforts or refreshes
sinew = tendon;p solid strength
curtsy = gesture of respect chiefly by women by a slight lowering of
the body and bending of the knees
quicken = to come to life
anoint = to rub over with ; to apply oil as a sacred rite
overture = an opening offer; an orchestral introduction
Act 4:
dejected = cast down in spirit: depressed
sot = an habitual drunkard; dolt, fool
muster = to congregate, assemble ; to enroll in military service
tart = sharp to the taste; sarcastic
trill = a musical sound
clamor = noisy shouting; insistent protest or demand
sovereign = supreme in power or authority
bereaved = suffering the death of a loved one
beguile = deceive by cunning; draw notice by charm
ague = a fever with chills and sweats
civet = substance the gives off a musky odor and used in perfume
usurer = moneylender with excessive rates
temperance = moderation in action, thought and feeling, esp. abstinence of intoxicating drink
arbiter = person with absolute authority to judge and decide what is right or proper
Act 5:
canker = spreading sore; a source of destruction or corruption
cozened = deceived by artful coaxing
puissance = ability to dominate or sway: might or power
rack = torture instrument to stretch or strain limbs apart
Links to vocabulary words lists and puzzles for other Shakespeare plays:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
King Lear
Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
The Merchant of Venice
The Taming of the Shrew
The Winter's Tale
Twelfth Night
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Thank you, Jan Cook, a former teacher at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, California, for being the teacher contributor at www.myVocabulary.com for a vocabulary word list for The Tragedy of King Lear written by William Shakespeare |
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