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Vocabulary 6

Vocabulary 6. Act V. beshrew. ( v .) to wish evil on; curse. Beshrew (Middle English) to invoke evil upon. felon. ( n .) a wicked person . Old French fel wicked. penury. ( n .) extreme poverty; destitution. Latin pēnūria hunger, poverty. haughty.

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Vocabulary 6

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  1. Vocabulary 6 Act V

  2. beshrew • (v.) to wish evil on; curse. • Beshrew (Middle English) to invoke evil upon

  3. felon • (n.) a wicked person. • Old French felwicked

  4. penury • (n.) extreme poverty; destitution. • Latin pēnūriahunger, poverty.

  5. haughty • (adj.) lofty or noble; exalted. • Latin altus  high

  6. apothecary • (n.) a pharmacist licensed to prescribe medicine. • Latin apothēcshop, storehouse

  7. inauspicious • (adj.) boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable. • Latin auspiciuma divine omen

  8. ambiguities • (n) doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention • Latin ambiguitāsuncertainty

  9. maw • (n.) the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal. • Old Norse magi mouth

  10. obsequies • (n.) a funeral rite or ceremony. • obsequiae,Latinalteration

  11. apprehend • (v.) to grasp the meaning of; understand. • (v.) to seize, take hold of, capture. • Latin apprehendereto seize

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