english vocab act 2

Question 1

Largess

Answer 1

genorosity; giving

Question 2

entreat

Answer 2

to plead with; ask urgently

Question 3

cleave

Answer 3

split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain.

Question 4

augment

Answer 4

to make greater more numerous, larger, more intense

Question 5

franchise

Answer 5

free from evil; upright

Question 6

palpable

Answer 6

capable of being touched or felt; tangible

Question 7

dudgeon

Answer 7

handle of a dagger

Question 8

hecate

Answer 8

a greek goddess assoicated expecially with the under world

Question 9

knell

Answer 9

a stroke or sound of a bell, expeially when rung slowly

Question 10

surfeit

Answer 10

an oberabundant supply excess

Question 11

raveled

Answer 11

to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound

Question 12

balm

Question 13

gild

Answer 13

overlay with or as if a thin covering of gold

Question 14

neptune

Answer 14

the roman god of sea

Question 15

incarnadine

Answer 15

having the pinkish color of flesh

Question 16

lechery

Answer 16

indulgence in sexual activity

Question 17

gorgon

Answer 17

any of the three snake haired sisters, their appearance turns people to stone, an ugly or repulsive woman

Question 18

sacrilegious

Answer 18

lack of having proper respect for a sacred person or place

Question 19

steep

Answer 19

to soak in a liquid at a temperature under the boiling point

Question 20

benison

Answer 20

a blessing