ACT I Vocab Flashcards


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transgression

infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty

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grievance

a cause of distress felt to afford reason for compliant 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 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, and 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, and dispute

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portentous

eliciting amazement or wonder; prodigious

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heretics

a person who differs in opinion from established religious dogma

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tyrannous

marked by tyranny; unjustly severe

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gall

brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence

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nuptials

of or relating to marriage ceremony

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pernicious

highly injurious or destructive; deadly