Shakespeare Vocab

Question 1

Abhor

Answer 1

Find repugnant

Question 2

Agile

Answer 2

Moving quickly and lightly

Question 3

Ambiguities

Answer 3

Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

Question 4

Amorous

Answer 4

Inclined toward or displaying love

Question 5

Apothecary

Answer 5

A health professional trained in the art of preparing drugs

Question 6

Augmenting

Answer 6

Enlarge or increase

Question 7

Banish

Answer 7

Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

Question 8

Beguile

Answer 8

Charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

Question 9

Bosom

Answer 9

The chest considered as where secret thoughts are kept

Question 10

Cunning

Answer 10

Showing inventiveness and skill

Question 11

Devise

Answer 11

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

Question 12

Dismal

Answer 12

Causing dejection

Question 13

Engrossed

Answer 13

Devote fully to

Question 14

Enjoined

Answer 14

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something

Question 15

Fray

Answer 15

Wear away by rubbing

Question 16

Grievance

Answer 16

A complaint about a wrong that causes resentment

Question 17

Haughty

Answer 17

Having or showing arrogant superiority to

Question 18

Interred

Answer 18

Placed in a grave or tomb, buried, buried hastily

Question 19

Kinsmen

Answer 19

A man who is one of a person’s blood relations; a male relative

Question 20

Lament

Answer 20

A cry of sorrow and grief

Question 21

Loathsome

Answer 21

Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

Question 22

Pensive

Answer 22

Deeply or seriously thoughtful

Question 23

Penury

Answer 23

A state of extreme poverty or destitution

Question 24

Pernicious

Answer 24

Exceedingly harmful

Question 25

Pilgrimage

Answer 25

Religious journey

Question 26

Procure

Answer 26

Get by special effort

Question 27

Remnants

Answer 27

A small part remaining after the main part no longer exists

Question 28

Sallow

Answer 28

Unhealthy looking

Question 29

Scourge

Answer 29

Something causing misery or death

Question 30

Sepulcher

Answer 30

A chamber that is used as a grave

Question 31

Tedious

Answer 31

So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Question 32

Transgression

Answer 32

The violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

Question 33

Troth

Answer 33

A solemn pledge of fidelity

Question 34

Unsavory

Answer 34

Morally offensive

Question 35

Unwieldy

Answer 35

Lacking grace in movement or posture

Question 36

Variable

Answer 36

Liable to or capable of change

Question 37

Vengeance

Answer 37

Harming someone in retaliation for something they have done

Question 38

Vial

Answer 38

A small bottle that contains a drug

Question 39

Vile

Answer 39

Morally reprehensible

Question 40

Woes

Answer 40

Misery resulting from affliction