ACT I Vocab Flashcards


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pernicious

: highly injurious or destructive : DEADLY

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transgression

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

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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

: the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation

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valiant

: possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : COURAGEOUS

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importune

: to press or urge with troublesome persistence

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esteem

: the regard in which one is held

9

partisan

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

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chaste

Does not partake into these actions of bad stuff(birds and the bees)

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profane

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

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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

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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

of, relating to, or constituting a portent

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heretics

a person who differs in opinion from established religious dogma

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tyrannous

marked by tyranny

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gall

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

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nuptials

of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony