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Shakespeare vocab
Act 1-5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accord | To be in agreement or harmony |
| Partisans | swords |
| Pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin |
| Covertly | Concealed, secret; disguised |
| Disparaging | to speak of or treat slightingly |
| Galling | Chasing, irritating, vexing |
| Virtuous | Conforming to moral and ethical principles |
| Wantonly | deliberate and without motive or provocation |
| Profane | characterized by irreverence or sacred principles o |
| Portentous | an indication of something about to happen |
| an | if |
| mark | notice |
| hither | here |
| wither | where |
| thither | there |
| beseech | beg |
| wherefore | why |
| prithee | please |
| soft | wait |
| ere | before |
| hie | hurry |
| withal | also |
| aught | anything |
| save | except |
| but | only |
| Air | An impression of a quality or manner given by someone |
| Baleful | Full of menacing or malign influence |
| Chide | To express disapproval of |
| Entreaty | Earnest request or petition |
| Forsake | To quit or leave entirely |
| Idolatry | Extreme devotion |
| Intercede | To act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble |
| Rancor | Bitter, rankling resentment or ill will |
| Repose | The state of reposing or being at rest |
| Utter | Give audible expression to |
| ascend | to rise to a higher point |
| beguile | to influence by trickery, flattery |
| calamity | A great misfortune or disaster |
| dexterous | skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body |
| discord | Lack of harmony between two people or things |
| dissemble | To give a false or misleading appearance to |
| feint | A movement made in order to deceive an adversary |
| perjury | The willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation |
| submissive | inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another |
| vexation | The act to irritate and annoy |
| dirge | A funeral song or tune expressing mourning of the dead |
| inundate | To flood or cover |
| lament | To feel or express sorrow or regret for |
| melancholy | A gloomy state of mind, especially when depressed |
| pensive | Dreamily or wistfully thoughtful |
| prostration | The act of submission or defenseless |
| resolute | Firmly resolved or determined |
| stark | Sheer or complete |
| supple | bending readily and limber |
| treachery | violation of faith |
| cordial | Courteous or gracious |
| dispatch | To send off or away with speed |
| engrossed | To occupy completely |
| inauspicious | Unpromising or unlikely to succeed |
| interred | To place a dead body into a grave or tomb |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| peruse | To read thoroughness and care |
| presage | A sign or warning that something will happen |
| rigor | Strictness and harshness |
| thwart | hinder or prevent from happening |
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