Act 1 Flashcards


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Pernicious

highly injurious or destructive

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Transgression

infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty

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Grievance

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

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Solemnity

formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event

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Posterity

all future generations

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Valiant

possessing or acting with bravery or boldness

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Importune

to press or urge with troublesome persistence

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Esteem

the regard in which one is held

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Partisan

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

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Chaste

innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse

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Profane

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

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Forswear

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

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Languish

to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated; b: to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality

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Augment

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

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Fray

a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute

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Portentous

being a grave or serious matter

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Heretics

a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church who refuses to acknowledge or accept a revealed truth

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Tyrannous

unjustly severe

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Gall

brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence

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Nuptials

of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony