ACT III - Scene III — Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words from ACT III - Scene III

enamoured (adjective)

Filled with love or deep affection; charmed or captivated.

doom (noun)

An authoritative judgment or sentence, especially one of condemnation; fate or destiny.

banishment (noun)

The punishment of being sent away from a country or place as official punishment; exile.

purgatory (noun)

In Catholic theology, a place of suffering where souls are purified before entering heaven; any place or state of temporary suffering.

validity (noun)

Value, worth, or importance (archaic usage; modern meaning is "soundness or legitimacy").

carrion (adjective)

The decaying flesh of dead animals; used as an adjective to describe something that feeds on dead flesh.

vestal (adjective)

Pure, chaste, or virginal; relating to the Roman goddess Vesta and her virgin priestesses.

adversity (noun)

A state of hardship, misfortune, or difficulty.

displant (verb)

To uproot or transplant; to remove from its place (archaic).

unseemly (adjective)

Not proper or appropriate; indecorous or unbecoming.

usurer (noun)

A person who lends money at unreasonably high rates of interest.

digressing (verb)

Departing or deviating from the expected course or standard (archaic sense; modern meaning is "straying from the topic").

dismembered (adjective)

Torn apart or destroyed; cut into pieces (here used figuratively to mean "blown apart").

sojourn (verb)

To stay temporarily in a place; a temporary residence or visit.