The Tempest
Vocabulary
List 1
mariners
 Plural Noun
 Sailors
boatswain
 Noun
 The senior crewman of the deck.
blasphemous
 Adjective
 Sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.
prescience
 Noun
 Knowing something before it takes place; foreknowledge.
zenith
 Noun
 The highest point reached by something or the time at
which something is most powerful or successful.
auspicious
 Adjective
 Giving a sign of future success; favorable.
beseige
 Verb
 To surround (a place) with armed forces in order to
capture it or force its surrender; lay siege to.
malignant
 Adjective
 Cruel; mean; nasty.
dam
 Noun
 Mother of a mammal.
beseech
 Verb
 To ask (someone) urgently to do something; to beg.