| promontory | peninsula, point |
| tabor | a small drum covered with calfskin on one end |
| vexation | a bother, annoyance |
| confederate | joined,united, allied |
| odious | hateful, horrible |
| allaying | put to rest, |
| prate | chatter, prattle, babble |
| scurvy | worthless, diesese caused by lack of vitamin c |
| ebb | retreat, recead |
| enmity | hostility, hate |
| supplant | displace, oust |
| expeditious | speedy, quick, prompt |
| endow | to award, donate, give, bestow |
| auspicious | favorable, promising, positive, fortunate |
| dolor | mental suffering, anguish |
| insolent | impudent, rude, |
| blasphemous | profane, sacrilegious, offensive |
| wanton | malevolent, malicious, cruel |
| diligent | hardworking, attentive |
| surfeit | excess, surplus, flood |
| sanctimonious | self righteous, smug |
| penitent | repentant, contrite, sorry |
| precept | principle, rule teaching |
| usurp | appropriate, seize, take |
| perfidious | disloyal, treacherous |
| perdition | hell, purgatory, punishment |
vocab 8 the tempest
July 14, 2019