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Acts 1 + 2 Vocab

Scene 1

  1. portentous: Warning or foreshadowing

  2. importuned: harass someone to do something

  3. transgression: Violation of law

  4. Gall: bold and impudent behavior


Scene 2

  1. reckoning: process something or estimate something

  2. heretics: Person believing or practicing religious heresy


Scene 4

  1. Heavy (not physical weight): substantial thing. impenetrable

  2. visage: appearance or aspect maybe animal


Scene 5

  1. forswear: agree to give up or do without something

  2. fleer: to laugh or grimace. sneer

  3. prodigious:  prodigy, strange, amazement

Scene 2

  1. wherefore: for what reason

  2. owes: have an obligation to pay or repay

  3. doff: to remove or take off, Clothing

  4. counsel: advice, especially that given formally

  5. cunning: having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends

  6. Contract: decrease in size/legally binding agreement

Scene 3

  1. rancor: bitterness or resentfulness, long


Scene 5

  1. coil: a length of something wound or arranged in a spiral/ arrange or wind

  2. wanton: deliberate and unprovoked


Scene 6

  1. Vanity: excessive pride in or admiration of one’s own appearance or achievements. 

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Acts 1 + 2 Vocab

Scene 1

  1. portentous: Warning or foreshadowing

  2. importuned: harass someone to do something

  3. transgression: Violation of law

  4. Gall: bold and impudent behavior


Scene 2

  1. reckoning: process something or estimate something

  2. heretics: Person believing or practicing religious heresy


Scene 4

  1. Heavy (not physical weight): substantial thing. impenetrable

  2. visage: appearance or aspect maybe animal


Scene 5

  1. forswear: agree to give up or do without something

  2. fleer: to laugh or grimace. sneer

  3. prodigious:  prodigy, strange, amazement

Scene 2

  1. wherefore: for what reason

  2. owes: have an obligation to pay or repay

  3. doff: to remove or take off, Clothing

  4. counsel: advice, especially that given formally

  5. cunning: having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends

  6. Contract: decrease in size/legally binding agreement

Scene 3

  1. rancor: bitterness or resentfulness, long


Scene 5

  1. coil: a length of something wound or arranged in a spiral/ arrange or wind

  2. wanton: deliberate and unprovoked


Scene 6

  1. Vanity: excessive pride in or admiration of one’s own appearance or achievements.