Act IV & Act V vocab Flashcards
(20 cards)
slack
negligent / weak
inundation
overwhelm
arbitrating
dispute
shrift
confession
orisons
prayers
solace
relief of grief or pain
beguiled
lead by deception
pestilence
plague
presage
something that foreshadows a future event
penury
severe poverty
beseech
beg for mercy
apothecary
someone who prepares and sells drugs
aloof
distant
obsequies
burial rite
haughty
self-important
peruse
examine in detail
interred
deposit a body in a tomb
inauspicious
not prosperous
contradict
imply the opposite
Ambiguities
uncertainty