Vocab Flashcards
Fourtuneteller
Soothsayer
one who secretly plots to carry out an evil or illegal act
Conspirator
submissive; like a slave
Servile
unable to bear children
Barren
Face
Countenance or visage
a swift, violent stream
Torrent
to include; to contain within
Encompass
weakness; disability
Infirmity
abrupt; frank; outspoken
Blunt
ominous; warning of things to come
Portentous
to beg for earnestly; to plead
Beseech
to grieve; to express sorrow
Lament
a curved timber with attachments used for coupling draft animals (i.e. oxen); a double harness or collar used to bind draft animals
Yoke
a violent wind accompanied with rain or snow; a violent storm
Tempest
Dangerous
Perilous
the pseudo-science of changing base metals (like lead) into precious metals (like gold)
Alchemy
A candle
Taper
To reject or to scorn
Spurn
low in rank or position
Base
to increase; to make greater
Augment
Rebellion
insurrection
Friendliness; pleasantness
affability
compensation; satisfaction
Redress
faithfulness; resolution
Constancy
likely to happen soon
Imminent
a poisonous snake
Adder
to sharpen (i.e. a knife or an ax)
Whet
a dead body of an animal
Carcass
a priest who foretold, from omens, the future
Augur
plague
Contagion
to summon the spirit of a dead person
Conjure
brave; courageous
Valiant
The heavens; the sky
firmament
evil intent; the desire to harm another
Malice
uneasy; anxious about the future
Apprehensive
to judge; modern: to blame or to criticize inter: to bury
Censure
an inheritance; anything handed down from an ancestor
Legacy
a skilled public speaker
Orator
Common people
plebeians
A formal request
Petition
to expel a person from his homeland
Banish
the day of the Last Judgment or of any final judgment
Doomsday
lying prone or with the face to the ground
Prostrate
An enemy
Foe
