merchant of Venice vocab Flashcards
(119 cards)
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Argosies
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Large merchant ships
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Portly
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Stately, majestic, dignified
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Pageants
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Show, scene, masque
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Curtsy
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Mannered politeness
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Venture
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Risky enterprise, hazardous attempt
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Ague
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Fever, sickness, shaking
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Bechanced
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Happen to, befall
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Jaundice
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Sallowness, yellowness
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Gudgeon
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Type of fish used as bait, credulity
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Gear
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Business, affaire, dress
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Vendible
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Markable
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More
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Additional amount,older
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Gaged
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Pledge, bind, commit
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Virtues
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Chastity, sexual purity
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Thrift
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Profit, advantage, gain
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Troth
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Truth, good faith
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Surfeit
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Sickness brought on by excess
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Throstle
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Thrush (bird)
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Doublet
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A large jacket with a short fitting skirt (vest)
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Publican
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Tax-collector, (inn keeper)
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Methought
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It seems, seemed to be
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Sirrah
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Sir
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Eaning
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Lambing
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Gaberdine
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Cloak, cape , loose upper garment
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Want-wit
Senseless, stupid, ridiculous
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Scanted
Withheld, stinted
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Halter
Rope with nuce
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Sonties
Swearing, saints
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Anon
Soon, shortly
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Scapes
An escape
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Civility
Good manners
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Ostent
Display, show
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Quaintly
Skillful, or subtly
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Garnish
An outfit
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Beshrew
Curse
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Cerecloth
Waxed , winding sheet
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Fraught
Cargo, filled, laden
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Slubber
Be careless with
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Fond
Foolish, stupid
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Martlet
Bird
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Cozen
Cheat
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Gleaned
Stripped, depleated
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Iwis
Certainly, truly
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Ruth/ wroath
Pity, sympathy
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Regreets
Fresh greeting
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Wit
Intelligence
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Forespurrer
One who has ridden ahead
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Post
In haste, with speed
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Livery
Uniform, costume
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Betimes
Early in the morning
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Fledge
Covered with down, displaying growth
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Bankrupt
Running out of money
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Bespeak
Ask for, order, request
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Eke
Also, moreover, too
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Flourish
Fanfare, embellish
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Fray
Frightened, terrify, scare
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Redoubted
Feared, dreaded, revered
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Crisped
Stiffy, light hearted, playful
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Dowry
Property given to a wife or wealth
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Presage
Sign, indication, portent
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Infidel
Non believer
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Shrewd
Hard, harsh, severe
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Mere
Complete, absolute, total
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Confound
Destroy, overthrow, ruin
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Deface
Disfigure, defame, man
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Griefs
Grievance, complaint, hurt, injure
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Bated
Abated, lowered, diminished
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Equal
Fair, equitable, evenhanded
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Tranect
A ferry
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Enow
Enough
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Rasher
Bacon
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Jealous
Suspicious, mistrustful, wary, watchful
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Knapped
Hit, knock, rap shaped by striking
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Remorse
Pity, regret, sorrow
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Lodged
Sleep, lie , remain
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Baned
Ruin, woe, destruction, poison
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Fretten
Intermittently blowing, squalling
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Draw
Gather
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Meetest
Fit, suitable, proper
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Envy
Malice, ill-will, enmity
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Inexorable
Merciless, relentlessly severe
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Dam
Mother
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Let
Prevent
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Throughly
Through, completly
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Danger
Damage, harm, mishief
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Strained
Forced, artificial, feigned
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Tenure
Condition for holding property, statement or account
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Balance
Scales
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Penance
Confession
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Just
Accurate, exact, precise
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Substance
Real thing, genuine article, wealth
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Estimation
Esteem, respect, reputation
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Predicament
Category, class, division
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Rehearsed
Relate, recount
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Recant
One who withdraws
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Dram
Tiny amount, small quanity
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Steal
Hide furtively, creep by
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Shrow/shrew
Vexatious person, troublesome
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Patens
A shining circle
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Quiring/choiring
Company, group, assembly (singing)
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Wanton
Carefree, causal, frolicsome
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Rage
Violent outburst, madness
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Spoils
Plundering, ruin, destroy
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Affections
Fancy, desire, emotion
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Substitute
Deputy, underling, delegate
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Tucket
Personal trumpet call
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Gelt
Castrate, spay, deprive, strip
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Posy
Short piece of poetry or ring
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Respective
Careful, attentive, considerate
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Scrubbed
Short, undersized, stubby
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Unkind
Hostile, cruel, harsh
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Mad
Wild, uncontrolable, high spirted
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Fault
Sin, offense, mistake
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Civil doctor
Laywer
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Wealth
Well-being, welfare, property
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Advisedly
Wisely, attentively, carefully
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Amazed
Dumbfounded, stunned, overwhelmed
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Road
Harbor, anchorage, pathway
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Waft
Beckon, wave
