shakespeare vocab Flashcards
Prodigous
extraordinary in degree, marvelous, causing amazement or wonder
Shroud
burial cloth
Augment
to make greater or supplement
Boisterous
rowdy or rough
Valiant
Courageous
Pernicious
Very destructive or harmful
Virtuous
Having excellent morals; righteous
Ambiguous
uncertain; open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations
Supercilious
behaving as though one thinks one is superior to others; haughty; arrogant
Amend
to change or modify (something) for the better; improve
Solace
comfort
Feign
to pretend
Beguile
to deceive or mislead
Abhor
to hate; to shun
Valor
courage; bravery
Doleful
sad, melancholy
Penury
extreme poverty
Sepulcher
burial vault
Pestilence
fatal epidemic or plague
Haughty
proud to the point of arrogance