Act I Flashcards
Assail
To attack
Entreat
To beg; to ask
Fortified
Shielded; secured; protected
Illume
To brighten; to lighten
Usurp
To seize; to confiscate
Avouch
To certify; to confirm; to guarantee
Esteem
To honor; to respect; to prize; to treasure
Ratified
Approved; confirmed; legalized
Mettle
Endurance; bravery
Resolutes
Brave; fearless; relentless people
Portentous
Foreboding; threatening; sinister
Privy
Made participant in a secret
Discretion
Permission to make decisions with own judgement
Auspicious
Delightful; joyous; happy; lucky; favorable
Dirge
Funeral song; death march
Dole
Sadness
Visage
The face or facial expression of a person
Denote
To indicate; to mark; to signal; to mean
Countenance
Appearence; facial expression / v. - to condone
Requite
To avenge
Calumnious
Slanderous; attacking one’s character
Precept
Rule; principle
Perilous
Dangerous
Importuned
Insistently begged
Traduced
To slander; to speak falsely of
Pernicious
Deadly