ACT IV - Scene IV — Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words from ACT IV - Scene IV

conveyance (noun)

Escort or safe passage; the act of transporting or conducting someone through a territory.

rendezvous (noun)

A prearranged meeting place, especially for troops or military forces.

ranker (adjective)

Greater or higher in amount; more excessive.

in fee (adverbial phrase)

In absolute ownership; as freehold property with full rights of possession.

imposthume (noun)

An abscess or swelling filled with pus; a festering internal corruption that eventually bursts.

discourse (noun)

The faculty of reasoning; the ability to think, reflect, and draw conclusions.

fust (verb)

To grow moldy, musty, or stale from disuse, like wine left too long in a cask.

craven (adjective)

Cowardly; lacking courage or resolve.

scruple (noun)

A feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality of a course of action.

gross (adjective)

Obvious, plain, or easily visible; large and unmistakable (not used in the modern pejorative sense).

exhort (verb)

To strongly urge or encourage someone to do something.

delicate (adjective)

Refined, gentle, or of noble bearing (here describing Fortinbras, without modern connotation of frailty).

continent (noun)

A container; something that holds or encloses (archaic usage, not the geographical meaning).