Act 1 Vocabulary
1. Filch- Steal in small quantities; Verb; Theif
"With cunning hast thou flich'd my daughter's heart; turned her obedience, which is
due to me, to stubborn harshness" (Shakespeare 6)
2. Abjure- Swear to give up; verb; renounce
"Either to die the death, or abjure, for ever the society of men." (Shakespeare 7)
3. Persuasion- To act or process of persuading or state of being; noun; persuaded
"A good persuasion; hear me, Hermia" (Shakespeare 8)
4. Revenue- money coming in; noun; income
"Long withering out a young man's Revenue." (Shakespeare 6)
5. Visage- face appearance or aspect; noun
6. Base- Morally low or mean; noun, adj. ; selfish and cowardly
7. Prejure- to give false or misleading testimony while under oath; verb
8. Lamentable- To be regretted or pitied; verb; deplorable
9. Extempore- on the spur of the moment; without preparating; Adj.
"You may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring" (Shakespeare 11)
10. Discretion- quality of being discrect; great carefulness; noun
"I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of their wits, they would have no
more discretion but to hang us." (Shakespeare 11)
11. Dowager- Woman who holds a tilte or propery from her dead husband; noun
"With cunning hast thou flich'd my daughter's heart; turned her obedience, which is
due to me, to stubborn harshness" (Shakespeare 6)
2. Abjure- Swear to give up; verb; renounce
"Either to die the death, or abjure, for ever the society of men." (Shakespeare 7)
3. Persuasion- To act or process of persuading or state of being; noun; persuaded
"A good persuasion; hear me, Hermia" (Shakespeare 8)
4. Revenue- money coming in; noun; income
"Long withering out a young man's Revenue." (Shakespeare 6)
5. Visage- face appearance or aspect; noun
6. Base- Morally low or mean; noun, adj. ; selfish and cowardly
7. Prejure- to give false or misleading testimony while under oath; verb
8. Lamentable- To be regretted or pitied; verb; deplorable
9. Extempore- on the spur of the moment; without preparating; Adj.
"You may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring" (Shakespeare 11)
10. Discretion- quality of being discrect; great carefulness; noun
"I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of their wits, they would have no
more discretion but to hang us." (Shakespeare 11)
11. Dowager- Woman who holds a tilte or propery from her dead husband; noun
Act 2 Vocabulary
1. Preforce- By force of necessity; Adv.
"But she perforce withholds the loved boy, Crowns him with flowers, and makes him
all her joy." (Shakespeare 12)
2. Amorous- Feeling or epressing love; Adj.
3. Undistinguishable-
4. Rheumatic- of relating to, or affected with rheumatism; Adj.
"That rheumatic diseases do abound." (Shakespeare 13)
5. Chaplet- a garland for the head; noun
"And on old Hyem's that and icy crown An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds
Is, as in mockery." (Shakespeare 13)
6. Promontary- a high ridge of tand or rock projecting into water; noun
"Puck, come hither: thou remeber's Since once I sat upon a promontory; And heard a
mermaid; on a dolphin's back." (Shakespear 14)
7. delcet- meldions; Adj.
"Uttering such delcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her
song, And cetain stars shot madly from the spheres to hear the sea maid's music."
(Shakespeare 14)
8. Spurn- to reject scornfully; verb
9. Clamorous- Loud noise or continal uproar; shouting; Adj.
"Some war with rere-mice for their leathern wings, To make my small elves coats, and some keep back The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots and wonders At our quaint spirits." (Shakespeare 15)
10. Flout- treat with contempt or scorn, scoff at mock; Verb; scorn
"But she perforce withholds the loved boy, Crowns him with flowers, and makes him
all her joy." (Shakespeare 12)
2. Amorous- Feeling or epressing love; Adj.
3. Undistinguishable-
4. Rheumatic- of relating to, or affected with rheumatism; Adj.
"That rheumatic diseases do abound." (Shakespeare 13)
5. Chaplet- a garland for the head; noun
"And on old Hyem's that and icy crown An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds
Is, as in mockery." (Shakespeare 13)
6. Promontary- a high ridge of tand or rock projecting into water; noun
"Puck, come hither: thou remeber's Since once I sat upon a promontory; And heard a
mermaid; on a dolphin's back." (Shakespear 14)
7. delcet- meldions; Adj.
"Uttering such delcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her
song, And cetain stars shot madly from the spheres to hear the sea maid's music."
(Shakespeare 14)
8. Spurn- to reject scornfully; verb
9. Clamorous- Loud noise or continal uproar; shouting; Adj.
"Some war with rere-mice for their leathern wings, To make my small elves coats, and some keep back The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots and wonders At our quaint spirits." (Shakespeare 15)
10. Flout- treat with contempt or scorn, scoff at mock; Verb; scorn
Act 3 Vocabulary
1. Chink-
2. Brake-
3. Knavery-
4. Enamored-
5. Pruge-
6. Kindered-
7. Bower-
8. Lamenting-
9. Consecrated-
10. Rebuke-
2. Brake-
3. Knavery-
4. Enamored-
5. Pruge-
6. Kindered-
7. Bower-
8. Lamenting-
9. Consecrated-
10. Rebuke-
Act 4 Vocabulary
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