ELA Winter Final Vocab Flashcards
A message in writing (formal); letter
missive
To attack or criticize someone violently; to cause someone to experience unpleasant things
assail
Greedy especially for wealth; strong wish to keep money or possessions
avarice
Dark or gloomy
murky
To give up, surrender
yield (v)
Severe criticism or disapproval
censure
Showing moderation or self-control; calm
temperate
To kill; to do something quickly
dispatch
A strong sense of honesty and morality; firmness of moral and ethical character
integrity
A confused and uncontrolled crowd; disorderly mob
rabble
Worthy of praise
laudable
To damage or spoil
mar
Having or showing a wish to do evil to others
malevolent
To renounce(declare) solemnly
abjure
To take a position/power illegally or by force
usurp
A substance that counteracts poison or disease; something that counteracts an unpleasant feeling or situation
antidote
Immoral or evil act
vice
Cheerful and friendly
jovial
To cause to become calmer, especially by satisfying demands or making concessions
appease
Having a harmful or fatal effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way; destructive
pernicious
Relating to the human body; a rank of the army
corporal
The betrayal of one’s country, especially by attempting to war against it or aiding its enemies by information
treason
To compensate to or for
redress
To call up; make an effort to produce something within oneself
summon
All of one person’s descendants; all future generations of people
posterity
Regard with intense horror or hatred; hated
abhor
Ability to cope with difficulties; toughness or courage
mettle
To make someone anxious or unsettled; mental uneasiness
perturb
Someone or something that foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence
harbinger
a rhyme scheme in which each line consists of ten syllables
iambic pentameter
unstressed - stressed
iamb
What does iambic pentameter represent in shakespeare’s play?
noble; high position in society
What does prose represent?
lower social class; moving away from nobility
when one or two syllables are added to the line iambic pentameter
feminine endings
stressed - unstressed
trochee
iambic pentameter but not “pentameter” (or ten syllables)
trochaic tetrameter
trochaic tetrameter but seven syllables
catalectic trochaic tetrameter
Witches’ language is often catalectic trochaic tetrameter. What does this fact represent?
Never trust a witch; even their language is mysterious and untrustworthy
when two consecutive lines of iambic pentameter end with a rhyme
couplets
