| Term | Definition |
|---|
| chorus | actor or actors who recite a prologue in Elizabethan drama |
| importuned | questioned deeply; annoyed |
| discreet | intelligently sensitive; prudent |
| joiner | carpenter, especially a cabinet maker |
| vain | not yielding the desired outcome; unsuccessful |
| semblance | a representation or likeness |
| mutiny | violence; open rebellion |
| grievance | injustice; complaint |
| forsworn | denied; forsaken; renounced |
| grub | an insect that bores holes in nuts |
| expire | come to an end; terminate |
| choler | anger; bad temper |
| collier | a coal miner; one who carries coals |
| shrift | confession; especially to a priest |
| bound | determined; certain; ready to go |
| breach | a violation of a law; obligation; or promise |
| forfeit | something surrendered |
| saucy | impertinent; disrespectful; rude |
| common | belonging to the whole community; public |
| purge | to free from impurities; purify |
| reverence | honor; respect; veneration |
| portentous | promising bad fortune; foreboding |
| solemnity | being deeply earnest; serious; grave |
| scathe | to damage or injure severely |
| bewitch | enchant |
| coy | shy |
| attend | accompany or go with |
| conceive | understand |
| feign | to pretend or act |
| confound | destroy or confuse |
| conjure | recite a spell |
| chaste | virginal |
| intercession | the act of pleading on behalf of another |
| despicable | deserving to be despised; contemptible |
| jaunt | short journey for pleasure |
| gossamer | spider webs; light and filmy |
| consort | an associate |
| frivolous | lack of seriousness or sense; trivial |
| entreat | to ask earnestly; to implore or beg |
| convoy | an escort |
| circumstance | a condition that modifies an act or event |
| lour | to lower in level or degree |
| wanting | longing; desire |
| unadvised | thoughtlessy; hastily without counsel |
| roe | fish eggs or crustacean eggs |
| prate | to babble or chatter |
| wanton | playful; mischievous |
| brine | saltwater; tears |
| doublet | jacket |
| bandy | pass from one to another or back and forth |
| truce | suspension of hostilities; cease-fire |
| naught | nothing; zero; useless |
| vestal | chaste; unmarried woman; virgin |
| fickle | changeable |
| livery | servant's uniform |
| villain | low; vulgar person |
| cockatrice | serpent; in fables; that could kill with its glance |
| beguile | mislead; delude |
| unseemly | inappropriate; unnatural |
| procure | obtain by care or effort |
| devise | contrive; imagine |
| valor | boldness or determination in the face of danger |
| affliction | painful state; misery |
| digress | to wander away from the main topic or argument |
| wreak | to inflict punishment or vengeance upon another |
| gallant | brave and noble |
| untimely | not occuring at a suitable time; inoppurtune |
| dissemble | to hide one's real motives, feelings, or nature |
| fray | noisy fight |
| commend | present as worthy of confidence; recommend |
| minion | servile follower; subordinate |
| pensive | deep in thought |
| minstrel | a medieval musician who sang and recited poetry |
| dirge | a funeral hymn or lament |
| sullen | dismal; gloomy |
| abate | to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity |
| sepulcher | tomb |
| amend | to improve; remove faults or errors of; correct |
| ordain | to invest with ministerial or priestly authority |
| tarry | to delay or be late in coming or going; to wait |
| cunning | shrewd; crafty |
| cull | to collect or gather; select |
| restorative | having the power to bring something back to its original state |
| ducat | any of various gold coins once used in Europe |
| lament | to regret deeply; to grieve |
| aloof | distant, especially in one's social relations |
| charnel house | building, room, or vault for storing bones or dead bodies |
| peevish | discontented; ill-tempered |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs and medicines |
| redress | to remedy or rectify |
| privy | made a party to private or secret information |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| perforce | by necessity |
| ensign | an officer of the lowest rank, or emblem |
| import | to be significant |
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