ACT 1 Vocab Flashcards


Set Details Share
created 7 weeks ago by Talyn_Hicks
1 view
updated 6 weeks ago by Talyn_Hicks
Subjects:
english
show moreless
Page to share:
Embed this setcancel
COPY
code changes based on your size selection
Size:
X
Show:

1

pernicious

highly injurious or destructive : tending to a fatal issue : deadly.

2

transgression

an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as

infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty

the spread of the sea over land areas and the consequent unconformable deposit of sediments on older rocks

3

grievance

a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance

4

solemnity

formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event

a solemn event or occasion

a solemn condition or qualitythe solemnity of his words

5

posterity

the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation

2: all future generations

6

valiant

possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : COURAGEOUS

2: marked by, exhibiting, or carried out with courage or determination : HEROIC

7

importune

to press or urge with troublesome persistence

archaic :to request or beg for urgently

8

esteem

the regard in which one is held

especially : high regard

9

partisan

a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person

especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance

10

chaste

to keep ones virtue

11

profane

to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt :DESECRATE

to debase by a wrong, unworthy, or vulgar use

12

forswear

to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath

to reject or renounce under oathb: to renounce earnestly

to deny under oath

13

languish

to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated

to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality

14

augment

to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense

15

fray

a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute

16

portentous

of, relating to, or constituting a portent

17

heretics

religion : a person who differs in opinion from established religious dogma

one who differs in opinion from an accepted belief or doctrine : NONCONFORMIST

18

tyrannous

marked by tyranny

especially : unjustly severe

19

gall

brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence : NERVE, EFFRONTERY

20

nuptials

of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony

characteristic of or occurring in the breeding seasonnuptial flight