Act 3 Flashcards
adders
Noun- A venomous snake.
affront
- Noun -an action or remark that causes outrage or offense:
- verb - offend the modesty or values of:
aloof
Adjective - not friendly, distant and cool.
- conspicuously uninvolved, typically through disgust.
Verb - walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace:
Noun -
a walk at a slow, relaxed pace, especially for pleasure:
audit
Noun - an official inspection of an individual’s or organization’s accounts, typically by an independent body.
Verb - conduct an official financial examination of (an individual’s or organization’s accounts).
- attend (a class) informally, not for academic credit.
awry
Adjective - away from the appropriate, planned, or expected course; amiss.
- out of the normal or correct position; askew.
Noun - Archaic.
bawd
a woman in charge of a brothel.
Beget
Verb - (typically of a man, sometimes of a man and a woman) bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction.
Verb -
give rise to; bring about.
Literary verb
What does this word mean?
Bodkin
- a blunt, thick needle with a large eye used especially for drawing tape or cord through a hem.
- a small pointed instrument used to pierce cloth or leather.
- (historical) a long pin used for fastening hair.
Noun
buffets (v.)
To strike repeatedly
bulwark
A defensive wall
NOun
choler
(in medieval science and medicine) one of the four bodily humors, identified with bile and believed to be associated with a peevish or irascible temperament.
Noun
clemency
Mercy, Lenience
Noun
- consummation
the action of making a marriage or relationship complete by having sexual intercourse.
Verb
- contagion
the communication of disease from one person to another by close contact.
Noun
- cozened
Trick or deceive
Verb
- fetters
a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles.
Noun
- inoculate
immunize (someone) against a disease by introducing infective material, microorganisms, or vaccine into the body.a lively dance with leaping movements.
2.
a device that holds a piece of work and guides the tools operating on it.
Verb
- jig
- a lively dance with leaping movements.
2.
a device that holds a piece of work and guides the tools operating on it.
A lively dance. noun
a high-level computer programming language devised
- lisp
noun
a high-level computer programming language devised for list processing.
marshal (v.)
arrange or assemble (a group of people, especially soldiers) in order.
- niggard
ungenerous; stingy.
adjective
- nunnery
a building or group of buildings in which nuns live as a religious community; a convent.
Noun
- nymph
- : any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forests, trees, and waters. 2. : girl.
Noun
- operant
involving the modification of behavior by the reinforcing or inhibiting effect of its own consequences (instrumental conditioning).
Adjective.
- orisons
a prayer.
Noun - Archaic
- rood
noun
1.
a crucifix, especially one positioned above the rood screen of a church or on a beam over the entrance to the chancel.
2.
historical*British
a measure of land area equal to a quarter of an acre.
- sty
noun
a pigpen.
verb archaic
keep (a pig) in a sty.
- tatters
noun
irregularly torn pieces of cloth, paper, or other material.
- temperance
noun
1.
abstinence from alcoholic drink.
- torrent
noun
a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid.
- unction
noun
1.
formal
the action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite or as a symbol of investiture as a monarch.
2.
archaic
treatment with a medicinal oil or ointment.
- vantage
noun
a place or position affording a good view of something.
- vouchsafe
verb
give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner.
- weal
noun
a red, swollen mark left on flesh by a blow or pressure.verb
sharpen the blade of (a tool or weapon).
- whet
verb
sharpen the blade of (a tool or weapon).
- wring
verb
squeeze and twist (something) to force liquid from it.
