| Term | Definition |
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| chorus | a) a group of persons who speak or sing in unison a given part or composition in drama or poetry recitation; b) an actor in Elizabethan drama who recites the prologue and epilogue to a play and sometimes comments on the action |
| dignify | of or related to social standing, especially those of high rank or title |
| mutiny | open rebellion against a constituted authority; a clash |
| star-crossed | ill-fated; doomed |
| choler | anger; irritability |
| partisan | a weapon having a blade with lateral projections mounted on the end of a long shaft, used mostly during the 16th and 17th century |
| wield | to handle (a weapon or tool) with skill and ease |
| pernicious | tending to cause death or serious injury |
| beseeming | appropriate |
| cankered | rusted; angry; inflamed |
| fray | a scuffle; a brawl |
| agument | to make larger; enlarge in side, number, strength, or extent; increase |
| mar | to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, |
| semblance | an outward or token appearance or form that is misleading |
| importuned | to beg; to entreat; to plead for earnestly |
| forswear | to deny or disavow under oath |
| shrift | confession; absolution given by a Catholic priest |
| visage | the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance |
| humour | mood |
| saucy | disrespectful; rude |
| nupital | of or pertaining to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| solemnity | a solem observance, ceremonial proceeding, or special formality; as in the solemnities of easter |
| portentous | of or relating to a portent; ominous; foreboding |
| reverence | an act showing or displaying respect (eg. - a curtsy or a bow) |
| disparagement | to speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle; to reduce in esteem or rank |
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