Vocab 3- King Lear

Question 1

abate

Answer 1

verb. to reduce in amount; lessen.

Question 2

amity

Answer 2

niun. friendship; peaceful harmony

Question 3

auspicious

Answer 3

adj. favored by fortune; prosperous

Question 4

base

Answer 4

adj. morally low, dishonorable. selfish

Question 5

bedlam

Answer 5

noun. a scene or state of wild uproar ad confusion

Question 6

contentious

Answer 6

adj. tending to arguement; quarrelsome

Question 7

depravity

Answer 7

noun. the state or an instance of moral corruption

Question 8

diffuse

Answer 8

verb. to spread or scatter widely or thinly

Question 9

disdain

Answer 9

noun. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy

Question 10

diligent

Answer 10

adj. constant in effort to accomplish something

Question 11

diffident.

Answer 11

adj. lacking comfidence in ones ability; timid shy