Act III

Question 1

contumely

Answer 1

N. insolent or insulting language or treatment

Question 2

bodkin

Answer 2

N. a small pointed instrument used to pierce cloth or leather.

Question 3

fardel

Answer 3

N. a bundle

Question 4

bawd

Answer 4

N. a woman in charge of a brothel

Question 5

arrant

Answer 5

Adj. complete, utter

Question 6

knave

Answer 6

N. a dishonest or unscrupulous man

Question 7

calumny

Answer 7

N. the making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone’s reputation; slander

Question 8

lied

Answer 8

Adj. dear, beloved; willing, glad

Question 9

Termagant

Answer 9

The name given to a god which Christians believed Muslims worshipped, represented in the mystery plays as a violent overbearing personage.[1]

Question 10

judicious

Answer 10

Adj. having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense

Question 11

capon

Answer 11

N. a rooster or cockerel that has been castrated to improve the quality of its flesh for food

Question 12

accursed

Answer 12

Adj. under a curse; doomed; ill-fated

Question 13

again

Answer 13

Adj. pleased or willing under the circumstances

Adv. with pleasure; gladly

Question 14

beguile

Answer 14

V. charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

Question 15

pajock

Answer 15

N. A peacock, a male peafowl, noted for its large and extravagantly coloured tail.

Question 16

choler

Answer 16

(in medieval science and medicine) one of the four bodily humors, identified with bile, believed to be associated with a peevish or irascible temperament. Also called yellow bile.

Question 17

mortised

Answer 17

V. join securely by using a mortise and tenon

Question 18

sinews

Answer 18

N. a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone; a tendon or ligament.

Question 19

sconce

Answer 19

N. a flaming torch or candle secured in a holder that is attached to a wall

Question 20

Roos

Answer 20

N. the cross on which Jesus was crucified

Question 21

bulwark

Answer 21

N. a defensive wall

Question 22

trustful

Answer 22

Adj. melancholic or mournful

Question 23

visage

Answer 23

N. a person’s face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features

Question 24

batten

Answer 24

N. a long, flat strip of squared wood or metal used to hold something in place or as a fastening against a wall

Question 25

moor

Answer 25

N. tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath

Question 26

ardour

Answer 26

N. enthusiasm or passion

Question 27

tithe

Answer 27

N. a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government

Question 28

cutpurse

Answer 28

N. a pickpocket or thief

Question 29

diadem

Answer 29

N. a jeweled crown or headband worn as a symbol of sovereignty

Question 30

unction

Answer 30

N. a manner of expression arising or apparently arising from deep emotion, especially as intended to flatter

Question 31

petard

Answer 31

N. a small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall