| Term | Definition |
|---|
| afoot | something that is developing |
| ardour | feelings of great warmth and intensity |
| auspicious | attended by favorable circumstances |
| carnal | of the appetites and passions of the body |
| chide | censure severely or angrily |
| circumscribed | showing or determining a boundary |
| circumvent | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing |
| clemency | leniency and compassion shown toward offenders |
| consonancy | agreement, harmony |
| convocation | an assembly (meeting) of people |
| diligence | persevering determination to perform a task |
| dirge | a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person |
| dross | worthless material that should be removed |
| edified | instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement |
| emulate | strive to equal or match, especially by imitating |
| equivocation | falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language |
| extolment | to praise highly |
| gambol | gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement |
| germane | Relevant. |
| gratis | without payment |
| impetuous | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation |
| interred | placed in a grave |
| paragon | an ideal instance |
| partisan | devoted to a cause or party |
| peevish | easily irritated or annoyed |
| peruse | examine or consider with attention and in detail |
| plausive | expressing or manifesting praise or approval |
| requite | make repayment for or return something |
| traduced | slandered, defamed |
| wanton | behave extremely cruelly and brutally |
| stoup | a large mug |
| Cain | (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man |
| mazzard | head |
| jot | a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note |
| requiem | a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person |
| unsanctified | unholy |
| asunder | split into two |
| 'swounds | "By God's wounds" (swearing) |
| prate | to talk idly; chatter |
| augury | prophecy |
| spunge | trap |
| felicity | happiness |
| cataplasm | a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay |
| cudgel | strike someone on the head |
| quiddities | subtle obstructions |
| indentures | debts, owe things, contracts |
| galls | to annoy, scrapes |
| kibe | chapped place |
| unlated | undauted, sharp |
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