Act IV & Act V vocab Flashcards
(20 cards)
1
Q
slack
A
negligent / weak
2
Q
inundation
A
overwhelm
3
Q
arbitrating
A
dispute
4
Q
shrift
A
confession
5
Q
orisons
A
prayers
6
Q
solace
A
relief of grief or pain
7
Q
beguiled
A
lead by deception
8
Q
pestilence
A
plague
9
Q
presage
A
something that foreshadows a future event
10
Q
penury
A
severe poverty
11
Q
beseech
A
beg for mercy
12
Q
apothecary
A
someone who prepares and sells drugs
13
Q
aloof
A
distant
14
Q
obsequies
A
burial rite
15
Q
haughty
A
self-important
16
Q
peruse
A
examine in detail
17
Q
interred
A
deposit a body in a tomb
18
Q
inauspicious
A
not prosperous
19
Q
contradict
A
imply the opposite
20
Q
Ambiguities
A
uncertainty