Act II

Question 1

wanton

Answer 1

Adj. (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked

Question 2

windlasses

Answer 2

N. The windlass is an apparatus for moving heavy weights

Question 3

assay

Answer 3

V. attempt

Question 4

affright

Answer 4

V. frighten (someone)

Question 5

doublet

Answer 5

N. a man’s short close-fitting padded jacket, commonly worn from the 14th to the 17th century.

Question 6

purport

Answer 6

V. appear or claim to be or do something, especially falsely; profess

N. the meaning or substance of something, typically a document or speech

Question 7

perpend

Answer 7

N. a vertical layer of mortar between two bricks.

Question 8

surmise

Answer 8

V. suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it

Question 9

declension

Answer 9

N. a condition of decline or moral deterioration

Question 10

fishmonger

Answer 10

N. someone who sells raw fish and seafood

Question 11

carrion

Answer 11

N. the decaying flesh of dead animals

Question 12

Lenten

Answer 12

Adj. of, in, or appropriate to Lent

Question 13

coted

Answer 13

V. to pass by; outstrip; surpass

Question 14

aery

Answer 14

Adj. insubstantial and unworldly

Question 15

eyas

Answer 15

N. a young hawk or falcon, especially one bred for falconry

Question 16

rapiers

Answer 16

N. narrow bladed, flexible sword used as a thrusting weapon

Question 17

tarre

Answer 17

V. obsolete to provoke or goad

Question 18

appurtenance

Answer 18

N. an accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living

Question 19

Seneca

Answer 19

Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature.

Question 20

Chanson

Answer 20

N. A chanson cantionis) is in general any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular.

Question 21

valence

Answer 21

N. Valence, as used in psychology, especially in discussing emotions, means the intrinsic attractiveness (positive valence) or aversiveness (negative valence) of an event, object, or situation.

Question 22

Chopine

Answer 22

N. a type of high shoe with a very thick sole worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries

Question 23

sallet

Answer 23

N. a light helmet with an outward curve extending over the back of the neck, worn as part of medieval armor.

Question 24

Pyrrhus

Answer 24

Pyrrhus was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic period.

Question 25

Hyrcania

Answer 25

Hyrcania is a historical region composed of the land south-east of the Caspian Sea in modern day Iran

Question 26

gules

Answer 26

N. red, as a heraldic tincture

Question 27

impasted

Answer 27

V. To enclose with or as if with a paste or crust.

Question 28

bleach

Answer 28

V. make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain