Shared Flashcard Set

Details

much ado about nothing
part dos
29
English
10th Grade
11/01/2013

Additional English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
drover
Definition
one that drives cattle or sheep
Term
bullock
Definition
a castrated bull; a steer
Term
bullock
Definition
a young bull
Term
poniard
Definition
a dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blades
Term
termination
Definition
the act of terminating or the condition of being terminated
Term
termination
Definition
a result; and outcome
Term
endow
Definition
to provide with property, income, or a source of income
Term
endow
Definition
to provide with a dower
Term
cleave
Definition
to split with or as if with a sharp instrument
Term
cleave
Definition
to make or accomplish by or as if by cutting: cleave a path through the ice
Term
cleave
Definition
to pierce or penetrate the wings cleaved the foggy air
Term
rite
Definition
the prescribed or customary form for condition a religious or other solemn ceremony: the rite of baptism
Term
rite
Definition
a ceremonial act or series of acts: fertility rites
Term
rite
Definition
the liturgy or practice of a branch of the Christian Church
Term
valor
Definition
the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
Term
bubonic Plague
Definition
a contagious, often fatal epidemic disease caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted from person to person or by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes
Term
victual
Definition
food fit for human consumption
Term
predestinate
Definition
established or prearranged unalterably, a sense of predestinate inevitability about it
Term
baldrick
Definition
a wide belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip
Term
vile
Definition
loathsome; disgusting: vile language. Unpleasant or objectionable: contemptibly low in worth or account ; second rate. Of mean or low condition. Miserably poor and degrading; wretched: a vile existence. morallydepraved; ignoble or wicked: a vile vonspiracy
Term
embassage
Definition
an embassy
Term
Revelling
Definition
taking great pleasure of delight: engaging in uproarious festivities; making merry
Term
pleach(ed)
Definition
to plait or interlace, especially in making a hedge or an arbor. To shade or border with interlaced branches or vines
Term
Enfranchise(d)
Definition
to endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to. To vote. to free, as from bondage
Term
impediment
Definition
a bar or hinder the progress
Term
nuptial
Definition
of marriage or a wedding
Term
reproach
Definition
to accuse of an blame for a fault so a to make feel ashamed; rebuked, reprove
Term
frugal
Definition
not wasteful
Term
epitaphs
Definition
an inscription on a tomb or gravestone in memory of the person
Supporting users have an ad free experience!