Printable Shakespeare Vocabulary: Merchant of Venice flash cards
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| blinking idiot |
a dunce, fool's head |
| break his day |
miss scheduled payment |
| cater-cousins |
close acquaintance |
| christian cursy |
Christian charity |
| fable |
the palm of the hand |
| feather-bed |
merger, alliance, pledging |
| gramercy |
abundance of gratitude |
| gudgeon |
small freshwater fish |
| jacks |
fellows (disrespectful) |
| jaundice |
indication of volatile passion |
| liver |
the center of emotions |
| magnificoes |
a person of high rank, nobleman |
| make shift |
to manage, to be able |
| memento mori |
a reminder of death (sometimes a skull). |
| poor pennyworth |
a small amount |
| scarfed |
with flags flying |
| seated in the mean |
having neither too much or having too little |
| still quiring |
always singing |
| sweet friends |
the two lips |
| two-headed janus |
Roman god containing two heads, one smiling one frowning |
| usance |
the interest earned on money that has been lent |
| varnished faces |
painted face mask |
| virgin hue |
a bright whiteness |
| want-wit |
one who does not possess wit |
| wondrous sensible |
deeply felt |
| young-eyed |
were endowed with keenness of vision above all other heavenly creatures (Ezekiel 10:12) |
| blinking idiot |
a dunce, fool's head |
| break his day |
miss scheduled payment |
| cater-cousins |
close acquaintance |
| christian cursy |
Christian charity |
| fable |
the palm of the hand |
| feather-bed |
merger, alliance, pledging |
| gramercy |
abundance of gratitude |
| gudgeon |
small freshwater fish |
| jacks |
fellows (disrespectful) |
| jaundice |
indication of volatile passion |
| liver |
the center of emotions |
| magnificoes |
a person of high rank, nobleman |
| make shift |
to manage, to be able |
| memento mori |
a reminder of death (sometimes a skull). |
| poor pennyworth |
a small amount |
| scarfed |
with flags flying |
| seated in the mean |
having neither too much or having too little |
| still quiring |
always singing |
| sweet friends |
the two lips |
| two-headed janus |
Roman god containing two heads, one smiling one frowning |
| usance |
the interest earned on money that has been lent |
| varnished faces |
painted face mask |
| virgin hue |
a bright whiteness |
| want-wit |
one who does not possess wit |
| wondrous sensible |
deeply felt |
| young-eyed |
were endowed with keenness of vision above all other heavenly creatures (Ezekiel 10:12) |
