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Act I Vocab - R&J
Act I Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| augment (v)(augmentation) | to make or become greater |
| canker (n) (cankerous) | an ulcerous sore of the mouth or lips |
| choler (n) (choleric) | disposition to anger; irritability |
| covert (adj) (covertly) | covered over; secret; clandestine n. a sheltered cover; a thicket providing cover for game [covertly] |
| forswear (v) | to renounce, forsake; to swear falsely, perjure oneself [forswore, foresworn] |
| Heretic (n) | a dissenter from orthodox beliefs, esp. religious beliefs [heretical] |
| hoodwink (n) | to deceive by trickery [hoodwinked, hoodwinking] |
| importune (v) | to press with repeated requests [importuned, importuning, importunity] |
| languish (v) | to weaken; to become depressed; to pine; to assume a sad air, esp. in order to gain sympathy [languor, languid, languidly, languidness] |
| lineament (n) | a distinctive contour, shape, or feature of the body and exp. of the face |
| precocious (adj) | marked by early development of skills and abilities [precociously; precocity] |
| portentous(adj) | ominous, foreboding; extraordinary, amazing; marked by pompousness [portentously] |
| prodigious (adj) | of great size, force, or extent; immense, extraordinary; wonderful [prodigiously] |
| prolixity (n) | ongwindedness, verbosity [prolix] |
| propagate (v) | to reproduce, or cause to reproduce (offspring or new growth); multiply; to spread or cause to spread through a medium |
| purge (v) | to make clean or pure, esp. t free from sin or guilt; to rid of what is considered undesirable, esp. to rid of unwanted persons by harsh methods; to experience or cause emptying of the bowels |
| scant (adj) | barely enough in amount or quantity; inadequate; being slightly less than a specific measure v. to provide an inadequate amount, to skimp [scantly, scantness] |
| transgression (n) | a breach in a boundary or limit; violation of a law [transgress, transgressor] |
| tyrannous (adj) | unjustly or cruelty exercising power; a state of severity [tyranny, tyrannical] |
| visage (n) | the face or facial expression of a person |
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jaredbash
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