english vocab shakespear 1

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knave

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noun: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

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beseech

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verb: to ask for or request earnestly

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saucy

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adjective: improperly forward or bold

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awl

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noun: a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes

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battlement

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noun: a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns

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strew

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verb: spread by scattering; cover; be dispersed over

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exalt

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verb: praise, glorify, or honor OR raise in rank, character, or status

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servile

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adjective: submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior

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soothsayer

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noun: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

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throng

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noun: a large gathering of people

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countenance

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noun: the appearance conveyed by a person’s face

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construe

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verb: to make sense of; assign meaning to

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cogitation

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noun: attentive consideration and meditation

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yoke

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noun: support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end

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rout

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noun: an overwhelming defeat

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flourish

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verb: grow vigorously

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impart

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verb: to bestow a quality upon

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chafe

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verb: to become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

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buffet

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noun: a piece of furniture that stands on the right side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

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sinew

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noun: a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment

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brook

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noun: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (e.g. creek)
verb: to put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Question 22

entreat

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verb: to ask for or request earnestly

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repute

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noun: the state of being held in high esteem and honor

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chide

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verb: to censure severely or angrily (to scold)

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fain

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adjective: having made preparations

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loath

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adjective: strongly opposed

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swoon

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verb: to pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

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doublet

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noun: a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance

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amiss

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adverb: in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner

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infirmity

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noun: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

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wench

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noun: informal terms for a (young) woman OR frequent prostitutes

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surly

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adjective: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

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portentous

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adjective: of momentous or ominous significance; ominously prophetic; puffed up with vanity

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herald

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noun: (formal) a person who announces important news

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prodigious

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adjective: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

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sufferance

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noun: patient endurance especially of pain or distress

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factious

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adjective: dissenting (split from the majority opinion -to a different faction-)

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redress

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verb: to make reparations or amends for

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gait

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noun: a horse/person's manner of moving

Question 40

alchemy

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noun: a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times; the supposed transformation of matter (e.g. matter to gold, a cure for all disease)