Act IV & Act V vocab Flashcards by Christopher Flannery

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slack

A

negligent / weak

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inundation

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overwhelm

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arbitrating

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dispute

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shrift

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confession

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orisons

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prayers

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solace

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relief of grief or pain

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beguiled

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lead by deception

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pestilence

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plague

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presage

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something that foreshadows a future event

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penury

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severe poverty

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beseech

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beg for mercy

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apothecary

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someone who prepares and sells drugs

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aloof

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distant

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obsequies

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burial rite

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haughty

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self-important

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peruse

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examine in detail

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interred

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deposit a body in a tomb

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inauspicious

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not prosperous

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contradict

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imply the opposite

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Ambiguities

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uncertainty