merchant of Venice vocab Flashcards
Argosies
Large merchant ships
Portly
Stately, majestic, dignified
Pageants
Show, scene, masque
Curtsy
Mannered politeness
Venture
Risky enterprise, hazardous attempt
Ague
Fever, sickness, shaking
Bechanced
Happen to, befall
Jaundice
Sallowness, yellowness
Gudgeon
Type of fish used as bait, credulity
Gear
Business, affaire, dress
Vendible
Markable
More
Additional amount,older
Gaged
Pledge, bind, commit
Virtues
Chastity, sexual purity
Thrift
Profit, advantage, gain
Troth
Truth, good faith
Surfeit
Sickness brought on by excess
Throstle
Thrush (bird)
Doublet
A large jacket with a short fitting skirt (vest)
Publican
Tax-collector, (inn keeper)
Methought
It seems, seemed to be
Sirrah
Sir
Eaning
Lambing
Gaberdine
Cloak, cape , loose upper garment
Want-wit
Senseless, stupid, ridiculous
Scanted
Withheld, stinted
Halter
Rope with nuce
Sonties
Swearing, saints
Anon
Soon, shortly
Scapes
An escape
Civility
Good manners
Ostent
Display, show
Quaintly
Skillful, or subtly
Garnish
An outfit
Beshrew
Curse
Cerecloth
Waxed , winding sheet
Fraught
Cargo, filled, laden
Slubber
Be careless with
Fond
Foolish, stupid
Martlet
Bird
Cozen
Cheat
Gleaned
Stripped, depleated
Iwis
Certainly, truly
Ruth/ wroath
Pity, sympathy
Regreets
Fresh greeting
Wit
Intelligence
Forespurrer
One who has ridden ahead