Words to Know: The Tempest Flashcards
Perfidious
the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal; treacherous
Inveterate
firmly established by long persistence; confirmed in a habit
Extirpate
to destroy completely; wipe out
Auspicious
showing or suggesting that a future success is likely
Allay
to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity; alleviate; calm
Fen
low land that is covered wholly or partly with water
Enmity
positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will
Repose
to lay at rest
Gabardine
a firm, hard-finished durable fabric twilled with diagonal ribs on the right side
Supplant
to supersede especially by force or treachery
Viceroy
the governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a kin or sovereign
Jocund
marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
Surfeit
an overabundant supply; excess
Austerely
stern and cold in appearance or manner; somber; grave
Promontory
a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
Penitent
feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses; repentant
Gallows
a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged
Perdition
utter destruction; loss
Verdure
the greenness of growing vegetation
Beget
to procreate as the father
Prescience
foreknowledge of events
Zenith
the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body
Tempest
a violent storm
Whelp
any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog
Twain
two; couple, pair
Usurp
to seize and hold in possession by force or without right
Manacle
a shackle of the hand or wrist; handcuff
Chide
to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke; to voice disapproval
Abhorrent
causing or deserving strong dislike or hatred
Abstemious
marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking alcohol
Cur
a mongrel or inferior dog
Dalliance
frivolous action; play
Dolorous
causing or expressing misery or grief
Nonpareil
having no equal
Upbraid
to criticize severely; find fault with
