The Tempest Vocab

Tempest

enormous storm

Tempestuous

characterized by violent emotions or behaviors

Barren

completely wanting or lacking in life

Allay

to lessen the intensity or; to calm

Whence

from what place, source, or cause

Meddle

to intrude in other people’s affairs or buisness

Perdition

the place or state in which one suffers eternal punishment

Perfidious

tending to lie or betray

Rapt

extremely attentive to something due to a feeling of great delight or interest

Grant

to let have

Yield

to give or supply

Homage

respectful difference

Inveterate 

habitual

Confer

to give

Infuse

to fill, as with a certain quality

Prescience

foresight; a well-developed sense of what to expect from the future

Zenith

the highest point of something

Auspicious

indicating good luck

Ommit

to leave undone or leave out

Blemish

a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something

Vex

to irritate, bother, or frustrate

Toil

to work hard

Malignant

dangerous to health

Manifold

many and varied

Potent

powerful

Quaint

attractively old fashioned

Abhor

to hate or feel disgust towards

Abide

to live somewhere; to put up with something

Endow

to give qualities, abilities, or objects

Usurp

to seize or take control without authority