"The Merchant of Venice" Acts 4&5 Vocab

English 3A - Mrs. O'Brien (11th gr.)

(Act 4 Vocab) Abject

hopeless; wretched

(Act 4 Vocab) Commiseration

sympathy; compassion

(Act 4 Vocab) Epitaph

writing on a tombstone about the person buried there

(Act 4 Vocab) Impediment

obstacle

(Act 4 Vocab) Importunity

request; demand

(Act 4 Vocab) Impugan

charged with wrongdoing; attack as false

(Act 4 Vocab) Infuse

turn into

(Act 4 Vocab) Malice

evil; wickedness

(Act 4 Vocab) Obdurate

stubbornly persistent

(Act 4 Vocab) Principal

money owed not including interest

(Act 4 Vocab) Rail

rant; scold

(Act 4 Vocab) Recant

take back; withdraw

(Act 4 Vocab) Rendered

maybe; given

(Act 4 Vocab) Suffice

be enough; make do

(Act 4 Vocab) Temperal

earthly; in the here and now.

(Act 5 Vocab) Abate

decrease; grow less

(Act 5 Vocab) Acquitted

freed; let go

(Act 5 Vocab) Concord

harmony; agreement

(Act 5 Vocab) Infinitely

considerably; greatly

(Act 5 Vocab) Paltry

worthless; measly

(Act 5 Vocab) Shrew

a nagging woman

(Act 5 Vocab) Slander

spread untruths about; libel

(Act 5 Vocab) Stratagems

trickeries; schemes

(Act 5 Vocab) Vehement

passionate; intense

(Act 5 Vocab) Void

empty; lacking