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Merchant of Venice Vocabulary

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  • Someone who like to keep all their moneyand is unwilling to spend any
    miser
  • A formal promise, especially one madebefore a court of law
    oath
  • How did Antonio try to stop Portia and Bassanio from arguing about Portia’s ring?
    He swore by his own heart that Bassanio would never break another promise to Portia.
  • the wish to hurt, bother, or embarrass a person
    spite
  • Saying things in a way that sows mean the opposite of what you say
    sarcastically
  • Shylock is upset Antonio had loaned money to someone with no ______
    interest
  • "All that ______ is not gold."
    glisters
  • A type of play with poetry, music, dance,and songs that was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries
    masque
  • The "chests" that the men pick from are actually called "c_____" in the original text
    caskets
  • What did Nerissa and Portia tell Gratiano and Bassanio they had done to get their rings back?
    They told them that they had slept with the lawyer and the lawyer’s clerk for the rings.
  • What good news did Portia bring for Antonio?
    Three of his ships had safely arrived home, bringing him a lot of money
  • A punishment for breaking the law or arule
    penalty
  • a place used by Jews for worship and religious instruction
    synagogue
  • an insect that has broad wings and flies mostly at night
    moth
  • Why did Nerissa and Gratiano have an argument when they got back to Belmont?
    Because Nerissa had found out that Gratiano had given her ring to the ‘judge’s clerk’.
  • Shylock demands a "____ of flesh"
    pound
  • to feel sorry or sad about something that you have said or done
    regretted
  • Money that a person or institution suchas a bank charges you for lending you money
    interest
  • Something you wear to change yourappearance so that people won’t recognize you
    disguise
  • Morally good and deserving respect
    honorable
  • to stare longer or in a colder or harder way than; stare down; outface
    out-stare
  • to pay all the money you owe to a particular person or company
    settle