The Merchant of Venice Vocabulary Act III

Question 1

carrion

Answer 1

the dead and putrefying body or flesh of animals; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food

Question 2

synagogue

Answer 2

a congregation or assembly of Jews, met for the purpose of worship or the performance of religious rites; the house appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews

Question 3

amity

Answer 3

friendship, in a general sense, between individuals, societies or nations; harmony; good understanding

Question 4

tainted

Answer 4

something noxious, disagreeable to the senses or poisonous, infected, corrupted, stained

Question 5

ambitious

Answer 5

desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or excellence; aspiring, eager for fame

Question 6

shrewd

Answer 6

sly, cunning, arch, subtle, artful, astute OR sage, with discernment (this is what it means now); vexatious, troublesome, mischievous (this is what it meant in Shakespeare’s time)

Question 7

braggart

Answer 7

a boaster; a vain fellow

Question 8

relent

Answer 8

to soften; to become less rigid or hard; to give

Question 9

husbandry

Answer 9

the business of a farmer, comprehending agriculture or tillage of the ground, the raising, managing, and fattening of cattle and other domestic animals, the management of the dairy and whatever the land produces

Question 10

accoutered

Answer 10

dressed in arms, equipped

Question 11

c _ _ _ ion

Answer 11

a, r, r

Question 12

S _ na _ o_ ue

Answer 12

y, g, g

Question 13

am _ t _

Answer 13

i, y

Question 14

t _ _ nted

Answer 14

a, i

Question 15

a _ bi _ _ _ _ s

Answer 15

m, t, i, o, u

Question 16

shr _ _ d

Answer 16

e, w

Question 17

br _ gg _ rt

Answer 17

a, a

Question 18

h _ sb _ ndr _

Answer 18

u, a, y

Question 19

r _ l _ nt

Answer 19

e, e

Question 20

a _ _ o _ t _ red

Answer 20

c, c, u, e