Shakespeare Vocab

Question 1

Quotidian

Answer 1

daily, every day (adj)

Question 2

Pervasive

Answer 2

inclined to spread throughout (usually an unwelcome influence) (adj)

Question 3

Douse

Answer 3

to drench, saturate (v)

Question 4

Pliable

Answer 4

flexible, bendable (v)

Question 5

Commendable

Answer 5

worthy of praise (adj)

Question 6

Profuse

Answer 6

abundant, lavish, prolific (adj)

Question 7

Forestall

Answer 7

to delay, impede, obstruct (v)

Question 8

Poach

Answer 8

to hunt or fish illegally (v)

Question 9

Fetter

Answer 9

to restrain, chain, tie (v)

Question 10

Myriad

Answer 10

countless, great number (adj)

Question 11

Sacrosanct

Answer 11

sacred, holy, too important or valuable to be interfered with (adj)

Question 12

Fabricate

Answer 12

to invent, make up, concoct (v)

Question 13

Facile

Answer 13

easy, oversimplified (adj)

Question 14

Fatuous

Answer 14

silly and pointless, foolish (adj)

Question 15

Perfunctory

Answer 15

showing little enthusiasm, carried out with little effort/reflection (adj)

Question 16

Flabbergasted

Answer 16

astounded, stupefied, astonished (adj)

Question 17

Gregarious

Answer 17

outgoing, sociable (adj)

Question 18

Serendipity

Answer 18

the act of finding things not sought, luck (n)

Question 19

Abrogate

Answer 19

to abolish, often by authority (v)

Question 20

Hiatus

Answer 20

an interruption in continuity, a break (n)

Question 21

Brumal

Answer 21

wintry, relating to winter (adj)

Question 22

Iniquity

Answer 22

a wicked act, a sin (n)

Question 23

Pedagogue

Answer 23

school teacher (n)

Question 24

Incessant

Answer 24

without interruption, continual (adj)