Act IV & V vocab

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Inundation most likely means:

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cover with water

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"I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it,/On Thursday next be married to this County." (4.1.49) Prorogue most likely means:

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to discontinue a session

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"No, madam, we have culled such necessaries/As are behooveful for our state tomorrow." Culled means?

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to gather

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"But one thing to rejoice and solace in,/And cruel death hath catched it from my sight!" (4.5.47) Solace most likely means:

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comfort in sorrow

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"Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change..." (4.5.88) Dirges most likely means:

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a funeral hymn

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"My dreams presage joyful news." (5.1.2) Presage means

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an omen

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"Noting this penury to myself I said,/"An if a man did need a poison now" (5.1.51) - Penury means:

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poverty-stricken

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"And here I stand, both to impeach and purge/Myself condemned and myself excused." (5.3.226) Impeach means

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try to discredit

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"Shall play the umpire arbitrating that/Which the commission of thy years and art Could to no issue of true honor bring." (4.1.64) Arbitrating means

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to submit to settlement

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Orisons most likely means:

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a prayer