Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Shakespeare Vocabulary Words
82 words
81
Other
8th Grade
09/09/2010
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Other Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
abhorred
 Definition
loathe; detest utterly
Term
abide
 Definition
continue; act in accord with
Term
abjure
 Definition
to avoid or shun
Term
apparition
 Definition
ghost
Term
aspersion
 Definition
damaging remark or criticism
Term
auspicious
 Definition
fortunate
Term
austere
 Definition
serious or strict
Term
barren
 Definition
lacking or dull
Term
beget
 Definition
to cause
Term
besiege
 Definition
surround
Term
blasphemous
 Definition
profane; exhibiting no respect for anything held sacred
Term
bounteous
 Definition
generous or plentiful
Term
brine
 Definition
salt water
Term
cloven
 Definition
split
Term
contentious
 Definition
quarrelsome
Term
corollary
 Definition
consequence or result
Term
coronet
 Definition
crown
Term
credulous
 Definition
gullible; willing to believe or trust too readily
Term
debauched
 Definition
corrupted; displaying the effect of excessive indulgence
Term
diligence
 Definition
care; constant and earnest effort to accomplish
Term
discharge
 Definition
to relieve or release
Term
discretion
 Definition
freedom of judgement or choice
Term
dread
 Definition
fear; to fear
Term
ebb
 Definition
decline; flowing away
Term
enjoined
 Definition
directed; prescribed with emphasis
Term
expeditious
 Definition
quick
Term
fortitude
 Definition
strength in facing difficulty
Term
frippery
 Definition
showy and unnecessary finery
Term
gabardine
 Definition
tightly woven fabric
Term
glut
 Definition
fill to excess
Term
homage
 Definition
honor or tribute; loyalty
Term
hoodwink
 Definition
decieve
Term
impertinent
 Definition
inappropriate
Term
importuned
 Definition
to press; impel
Term
infused
 Definition
ingrain
Term
injunction
 Definition
commmand
Term
insolent
 Definition
boldy rude or disrespectful; impertinent
Term
invert
 Definition
revere (direction, order, position)
Term
inveterate
 Definition
habitual
Term
irreparable
 Definition
not reparable
Term
jocund
 Definition
cheery
Term
levied
 Definition
amount owed or collected
Term
malice
 Definition
evil intent
Term
malignant
 Definition
having a dangerous or harmful innfluence
Term
marred
 Definition
damaged or spoiled
Term
mutinous
 Definition
involving revolt
Term
odious
 Definition
causing hatred; abominable
Term
omit
 Definition
leave out
Term
paragon
 Definition
model or pattern of excellence; standard
Term
perdition
 Definition
future state of the wicked
Term
perfidious
 Definition
unfaithful or traitorous
Term
pertinent
 Definition
pertaining or relating to the matter at hand; relevant
Term
potent
 Definition
powerful or influential
Term
prattle
 Definition
chatter or babble
Term
percepts
 Definition
mental result or product or perceiving
Term
prerogative
 Definition
an exclusive right; privilege
Term
prescience
 Definition
knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
Term
promontory
 Definition
a high point of land or rock
Term
providence
 Definition
a manifestation of divine care or direction; foresight
Term
quaint
 Definition
strange, peculiar, or unusual in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way
Term
ratify
 Definition
confirm or approve
Term
rectify
 Definition
to mend or correct
Term
remorse
 Definition
deep and painful regret for wrongdoing
Term
repose
 Definition
to lie or be at rest; peace
Term
requite
 Definition
compensate
Term
sanctimonious
 Definition
holy or sacred
Term
sinews
 Definition
strength; source of strength
Term
sloth
 Definition
tendency to laziness
Term
supplant
 Definition
to take the place of another; replace
Term
surfeited
 Definition
filled to an excessive amount
Term
tawny
 Definition
dull yellowish-brown color
Term
temperance
 Definition
moderation or self-restraint
Term
tempestuous
 Definition
tumultuous or turbulent; resembling a tempest
Term
temporal
 Definition
of or pertaining to time
Term
throes
 Definition
violent convulsion or struggle
Term
trifle
 Definition
an article or thing of very little value
Term
usurp
 Definition
to seize and hold by force or without right
Term
vexation
 Definition
irritation or annoyance
Term
welkin
 Definition
the sky or the heavens
Term
whelp
 Definition
a young offspring
Term
zenith
 Definition
the highest point or state
Supporting users have an ad free experience!