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Act I Vocabulary
1.
pernicious
harmful
2.
transgression
breaking of a rule
3.
grievance
complaint
4.
solemnity
state of seriousness
5.
posterity
descendants; future generations of a person
6.
valiant
courageousness, heroism
7.
importune
solicit, plead with persistently for something
8.
esteem
respect, admiration
9.
partisan
proponent of a cause
10.
chaste
abstinence from intercourse outside of marriage
11.
profane
vulgar, against religious purpose
12.
forswear
agree to give something up
13.
languish
wasting away, losing vitality
14.
augment
change, add to, increase something
15.
fray
a fight
16.
portentous
ominous, foreshadowed
17.
heretics
a person with beliefs going against the accepted norm
18.
tyrannous
using power oppressively
19.
gall
bold and disrespectful behavior
20.
nuptials
wedding