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Shakespeare Terms Flashcards

1
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Scape

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Escape

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Tis

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It is

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Twere

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It were

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Twill

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It will

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Twixt

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Between

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Zounds

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Expression of surprise or excitement

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A’dwells

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Lives

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Abbey

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A Christian monastery or convent

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A-bed

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To bed

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Abroach

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To set on foot; begin

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Adieu

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Expression meaning “goodbye”

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Ado

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To do

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Afeard

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Afraid

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Affray

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To frighten away

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Afore

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Before

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Alack

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An expression of sorrow

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Alas

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An expression of pity

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An

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If

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Anon

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At once; soon

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Aqua-vitae

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A solution of alcohol; usually a type of brandy

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Art

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Are

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Athwart

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Cross

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Attend

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Listen; pay attention

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Attending

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Listening

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Aught

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Anything

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A-weary

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Weary; tired

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Ay

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Yes

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Bad’st

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Asked; requested

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Bandy

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Word play

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Bear

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Hold; withstand

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Bedeck

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Adorn with; decorate

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Beetle-brows

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prominent eyebrows

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Befit

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Fits with; goes along with

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Behold

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Long; see

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Bepaint

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Color

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Bescreen’d

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Hidden

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Beseech

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Beg

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Beseeming

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Seeming

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Beshrew

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Curse

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Bestrides

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Step or walk

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Betake

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Take

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Bethink

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Think; consider

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Betimes

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At once

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Betossed

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Distended

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Betroth’d

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Engaged

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Bid

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To wish; ask

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Bite your thumb

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At expression of insalt

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Blaze

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rekindle

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Brow

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Forehead

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By and by

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An expression meaning “in a minute”

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By my Fay

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An expression meaning “in faith”

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Camest

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Came

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Cancell’d

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Cancelled; ended

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Candle holder

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One who holds the candle for light and does not partake in the action

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Canker’d

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Evil

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Canst

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Can

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Chamber-maid

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Female attendant

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Chapless

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Without a jaw

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Charnel-house

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A vault were dead body’s are placed

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Cousin

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My relative or close friend

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Coz

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Slang for “cousin”

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Crossed

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Opposed

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Crowkeeper

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A scarecrow

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Cut’st

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Cut

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Death-mark’d

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Doomed

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Desirest

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Desire; want

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Discourses

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Speaks

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Dishclout

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Dishrag

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Dispatch

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To send away or kill

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Doff

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Take off; remove

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Dooms-day

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Judgement day

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Dry-beat

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Beat with a club

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Ducats

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A form of coinage

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Dun

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A horse

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Earl

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An English title of nobility

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Elf-locks

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Tangled hair

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Ell broad

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A measure of 45 inches

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Endart

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Look away

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Enpierced

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Pierced; cut into

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Ere

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Before

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Fain

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Gladly; happily

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Farewell

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Goodbye

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Fashion-monger

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One how follows or study’s the latest fashions

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Free-simple

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Ownership

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Fellow

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A young man

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Fettle

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Dress up

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Forswear

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Vow

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Forsworn

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Made a vow

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Forth

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Forward; away

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Fortnight

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Fourteen days

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Fortune

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Chance; fate

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Fray

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Gall

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Bitterness; resentment

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Gentle

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Noble, prominent; also claim and reserve

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Ghostly

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Geek

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Jest; joke

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God gi God-den

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“Good day” or “good evening”

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Good morrow

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Good morning

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Goodman

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An expression of familiarity

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Green-sickness

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Anemia causing green skin

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Hadst

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Hap

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Lucky; happy, happiness

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Hark Ye

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Hath

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Have the chinks

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Become rich

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Heavy

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Holidame

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Holp

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Past tense of help

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Humour

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A mood or feeling “ill humour” may be a bad feeling about something or in a bad mood

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Hunts-up

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A tune to wake hunters from a days work

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Ill-beseeming

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Unflattering

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Interr’d

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Iron crow

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A crow bar

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Jealous-hood

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Jealousy; one who is jealous

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Kin

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Kinsmen

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Family member; relative

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Learn

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Lest

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Let

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Hindrance; problem

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Level

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List

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Lo

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Logger-head

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Dolt; dunce

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Look’st

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lord

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An expression of respect towards a man

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Lour

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Maid

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Unmarried young girl

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Maidenhead

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Margent

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Edge; border

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Mark

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Listen; pay attention to

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Marr’d

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Marry

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Of course; indeed

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Mayst

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Merrily

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Marry dump

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A happy song

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Mist-like

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Like a cloud or mist

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Moe

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Morn

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Morrow

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Mouse-hunter

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A ladies man

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Naught

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Nay

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Needy

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Absolutely

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Nice

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Trivial; insignificant

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Nought

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See naught

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O

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O’er

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Off (drink Tahoe off)

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Without hesitation

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Oft

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Ope

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Page

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A knights attendant

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Pains

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Work; efforts

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Passing

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Excessively

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Plague

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Pray

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Ask; plead with

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Prest

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Prolixity

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Prorogue

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Quinces

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Pear-shaped fruits

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Quoth

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Rear-ward

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Toward the rear

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Resolve

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Real and merry

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“Have a good day”

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Rooteth

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Runagate

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A wanderer or vagabond

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Saluteth

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Savage-wild

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Crazy and out of control

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Seemeth

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Shalt

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Shall; will

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Shamest

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Soft

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Spake

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Sped

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Done for; done in

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Stay

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Wait endure

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Sup

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To eat; ate

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Swashing

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Swaggering

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Sweeting

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A sweet Apple

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Swounded

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Swooned; felt faint

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Ta’en

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Tallow-face

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A pale complexion

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Taper

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Tarry

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Thee

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Thither

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Thy

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Till

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Troth

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Throw

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Tut

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An expression meaning “be quiet”

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Twain

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Two and forty

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Up-roused

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Ware

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Warrant

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Wast

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Waverer

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One who fluctuates

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Went’st

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Wert

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Whence

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From what place?

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Will

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Wilt

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Wit

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Withal

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Woe

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Woo

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The court; date; flirt

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Wot

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Would

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Wouldst

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Wretch

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A deplorable person

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Writ

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Ye

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Plural form of you

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Yea

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Yew-tree

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A type of evergreen tree

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Yond

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Yonder

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Over there

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Act

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A division within a play

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