The Merchant of Venice Vocabulary Act IV

Question 1

obdurate

Answer 1

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing, hardened in feelings, resistant to persuasion or softening influences.

Question 2

commiseration

Answer 2

Pity, compassion, a sympathetic suffering of pain or sorrow for the wants, afflictions or distresses of another, to feel or express sympathy.

Question 3

epitaph

Answer 3

an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there; a brief statement commemorating a deceased person or something past.

Question 4

inexecrable

Answer 4

deserving of being cursed

Question 5

compulsion

Answer 5

an act of compelling, a force that compels, an irresistible persistent impulse to perform an act (such as excessive hand washing)

Question 6

mitigate

Answer 6

to cause to become less harsh or hostile, to make less severe or painful, alleviate

Question 7

precedent

Answer 7

an earlier occurrence of something similar, something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize, a person or thing that serves as a model

Question 8

recant

Answer 8

to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly, renounce, revoke

Question 9

acquitted

Answer 9

to discharge completely (as from accusation or obligation), to conduct (oneself) usually satisfactorily especially under stress

Question 10

mercenary

Answer 10

serving merely for pay, greedy

Question 11

pr _ c _d _ nt

Answer 11

e, e, e

Question 12

epita _ _

Answer 12

p, h

Question 13

Co _ _ iserat _ _n

Answer 13

m, m, i, o

Question 14

r _ c _ nt

Answer 14

e, a

Question 15

in _ _ _ crable

Answer 15

e, x ,e

Question 16

a _ _ _ i _ _ ed

Answer 16

c, q, u, t, t

Question 17

ob _ _ r _ te

Answer 17

d, u. a

Question 18

m _ rc _ n _ ry

Answer 18

e, e, a

Question 19

m _ _ _ gate

Answer 19

i, t, i

Question 20

comp _ l _ _ _ n

Answer 20

u, s, i, o,