| immoderate | exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme |
| slander | a false statement spoken with the intent of harming the reputation of another |
| prorogue | to prolong or extend; to postpone or defer |
| charnel house | a burial vault for the remains of the dead |
| shroud | a cloth or garment wrapped around a dead person for burial |
| surcease | to cease; to end; to discontinue |
| kindred | a person's family or relatives |
| abate | to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish |
| behest | a command or order; a request (issued strongly); a directive |
| prostrate | overthrown, overcome, or helpless; utterly dejected or depressed; disconsolate |
| orisons | prayers |
| cull | to pick out from others; select; to gather the choice things or parts from |
| mandrake | a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form |
| solace | to comfort, console, or cheer; to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.) |
| martyr | to torment or torture; to inflict great pain on |
| rosemary | an evergreen shrub of the mint family, having leathery, narrow leaves and pale-blue, bell-shaped flowers, used as a seasoning and in perfumery and medicine; a traditional symbol of remembrance |
| ordain | to decree; give orders for; to order by virtue of superior authority |
| sullen | mournful; gloomy or somber in tone, color, or portent (as in sullen, grey skies) |
| dirge | a funeral song or tune, expressing mourning in commemoration of the death |
| lour | to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower; to look negatively upon |
| augment | to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase |
| beseeming | appropriate |
| cankered | rusted; angry; inflamed |
| choler | anger; irritable |
| 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 an Elizabethan drama who recites the prologue and epilogue to a play and sometimes comments on the action |
| dignity | of or related to social standing , especially those of high rank or title |
| disparagement | to speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle; to reduce in esteem or rank |
| forswear | to deny or disavow under oath |
| fray | a scuffle; a brawl |
| humour | mood |
| importuned | to beg; to entreat; to plead for earnestly |
| mar | to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc; impair or spoil |
| mutiny | open rebellion against a constituted authority; a clash |
| nuptial | of or pertaining to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| partisan | a weapon having a blade with lateral projections mounted on the end of a long shaft, used mostly during the 16th and 17th centuries |
| pernicious | tending to cause death or serious injury |
| portentous | of or relating to a portent, ominous; foreboding |
| reverence | an act of showing or displaying respect |
| saucy | disrespectful; rude |
| semblance | an outward or token appearance or form that is misleading |
| shrift | confession; absolution given by a catholic priest |
| solemnity | a solemn observance, ceremonial proceeding, or special formality |
| star--crossed | ill fated; doomed |
| visage | the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expressions, etc; countenance |
| wield | to handle a weapon or tool with skill and ease |
| attend | (1) to pay attention (to wait upon) (2) to bend to |
| bewitch | to affect by magic or spells (to charm) |
| brine | very salty water (metaphorically, it may refer to tears) |
| chaste | (1) decent (modest), (2) simple in taste (not excessive) |
| circumstance | a condition or attribute that determines a fact or event (with the play, "circumstance" is often regarded as being associated with the role of Fate) |
| conceive | imagine (form in the mind, express) |
| confound | to confuse or amaze |
| conjure | to produce, as if by magic |
| consort | (1) a companion, (2) harmony of sounds |
| convoy | (v) to escort (accompany), (n) act of escorting (especially for protective purposes) |
| coy | quiet (artfully shy, coquettish) |
| despicable | deserving to be scorned (treated with contempt) |
| discourse | to speak or write formally and at length |
| entreat | to beg or pray (for something) (ask or keep asking earnestly) |
| feign | pretend, make believe (put on a false appearance) |
| frivolous | (1) lacking seriousness or sense, (2) unimportant (trivial) |
| gossamer | something (usually fabric) extremely delicate (thin, light) |
| intercession | (1) act of intervening on someone else's behalf, (2) a prayer for someone else's benefit |
| jaunt | a short journey (especially one taken for pleasure) |
| lour | (n) a sullen look, (v) to frown or show disapproval |
| prate | to talk at length (about unimportant things) (to chatter; to gossip) |
| unadvised | rash, hasty, impulsive |
| vile | very bad, disgusting, obnoxious, foul |
| wantan | reckless, cruel, excessive (without regard for what is right) |
| wanting | lacking in some manner or respect |
| affliction | a distressed or painful state; misery OR a cause of physical anguish |
| appertain | to belong as a rightful attribute or part; pertain |
| bandy | fighting or to throw or strike to and fro from side to side (a ball, in tennis, for example) |
| beguile | to influence through deception or mislead or to take away by cheating or deceiving |
| cockatrice | a fabled serpent that could kill with its glance |
| commend | to speak well or praise OR recommend |
| consort | to accompany or wait upon OR to combine to make music |
| devise | to contrive, plan or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas |
| dexterity | a skill n using one's hands or body OR skill in using the mind; cleverness |
| dissemble | to give a false or misleading appearance to OR to conceal one's true motives |
| doom | fate, destiny OR pain or death |
| doublet | a close fitting jacket (sometimes worn with a short skirt, and a common dress for men during the Renaissance) |
| fickle | not constant or loyal in affections; likely to change due to instability or irresolution |
| livery | a distinctive uniform; garb, attire, dress |
| minion | a servile follower or subordinate |
| naught | nothing or worthless, evil |
| procure | to obtain by care, effort, or the use of special means |
| tempest | a violent windstorm, usually accompanied by rain OR a violent disturbance |
| truce | a suspension of hostilities for a period for time; cease-fire (peace) |
| unseemly | inappropriate for time or place |
| untimely | not timely; not occurring at a suitable time or season; ill-timed |
| valor | bravery, courage |
| vestal | of or pertaining to the Roman goddess Vesta (goddess of the hearth); a characteristic of a chaste, pure virgin |
| villain | a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime |
| wreak | to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.) |
| presage | (v.) to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow |
| misadventure | (n.) an instance of bad fortune; mishap |
| straight | (adv.) directly; without detour or delay |
| penury | (n.) extreme poverty; destitution |
| disperse | (v.) to spread widely; disseminate |
| apothecary | (n.) one that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines; a pharmacist |
| ducat | (n.) gold coin |
| famine | (n.) any extreme and general scarcity; extreme hunger; starvation |
| pestilence | (n.) a deadly or virulent epidemic disease |
| beshrew | (v.) to curse; invoke evil upon |
| aloof | (adv.) at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest; apart |
| obsequies | (n.) funeral rites or ceremonies |
| strew | (v.) to spread here and there; scatter |
| inexorable | (adj.) unyielding; unalterable; not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties |
| peruse | (v.) to survey or examine in detail |
| inter | (v.) to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury |
| inauspicious | (adj.) not auspicious; boding ill; ill--omened; unfavorable |
| unthrifty | (adj.) unfortunate |
| sepulcher | (n.) a tomb, grave, or burial place |
| impeach | (v.) to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office |
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