Act IV

Question 1

garrison

Answer 1

V. provide (a place) with a body of troops

Question 2

ducat

Answer 2

N. a gold or silver coin used as a trade coin in Europe from the later medieval centuries until as late as the 20th century.

Question 3

imposthume

Answer 3

N. an archaic word for abscess, a collection of pus that has built up within the tissue of the body

Question 4

fust

Answer 4

N. a type of cheese.

Adj. a dialectal version of first.

V. (intr) to become mouldy

Question 5

importunate

Answer 5

Adj. persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion

Question 6

bewept

Answer 6

V. to weep over (something)

Question 7

pestilent

Answer 7

Adj. harmful or dangerous to morals or public order; pernicious

Question 8

superfluous

Answer 8

Adj. unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

Question 9

impetuous

Answer 9

Adj. acting or done quickly and without thought or care

Question 10

swoopstake

Answer 10

Adj. obsolete: in an indiscriminate manner

Question 11

bier

Answer 11

N. a movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave

Question 12

gyve

Answer 12

N. a fetter or shackle

Question 13

riband

Answer 13

N. a ribbon

Question 14

rapier

Answer 14

N. a thin, light, sharp-pointed sword used for thrusting.

Question 15

incorpsed

Answer 15

V. made one with

Question 16

scrimer

Answer 16

N. a fencing master

Question 17

pleurisy

Answer 17

N. also known as pleuritis, is inflammation of the membranes that surround the lungs and line the chest cavity.

Question 18

abatement

Answer 18

N. (often in legal use) the ending, reduction, or lessening of something

Question 19

requite

Answer 19

V. make appropriate return for (a favor, service, or wrongdoing)

Question 20

anoint

Answer 20

V. smear or rub something with (any other substance)

Question 21

unction

Answer 21

N. treatment with a medicinal oil or ointment.

Question 22

mountebank

Answer 22

N. a person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan

Question 23

poultice

Answer 23

N. a soft, moist mass of material, typically of plant material or flour, applied to the body to relieve soreness and inflammation and kept in place with a cloth.

Question 24

nonce

Answer 24

N. (of a word or expression) coined for or used on one occasion

Question 25

douts

Answer 25

V. to extinguish (a fire)