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Shakespeare Vocab.
Vocabulary from the play "As You Like It" ~Shakespeare
Term | Definition |
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adversity | difficulties; misfortune; mishap |
boisterous | energetic, noisy and cheerful; loud |
clamorous | making a loud and confused noise |
courtier | a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage; attendant. |
disdainful | showing the concept of lack of respect; usympathetic |
dissuade | persuade someone not to take a particular course of action; warn or prevent |
entreat | ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something; begging |
flout | to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock |
irrevocable | not able to change, reversed, or recovered; permanent |
martial | of or appropriate to military; to war; warlike; hostile; military |
mirth | amusement, especially expressed in laughter; rejoicing; hilarity |
mutiny | revolt or rebellion; riot; revolution |
nimble | quick and light movement or action; skillful; swift |
penury | extreme poverty; destitution |
prodigal | spending money or resources freely or recklessly |
resolute | admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering; courageous, serious. |
rumination | think deeply about something; reflection; meditation |
taunting | a remark made in order to anger, wound or provoke someone; mock |
testament | a will, especially one that relates to the disposition of ones personal property. |
usurp(ing) | encroach, to commit forcible or illegal seizure of an office, power, etc; overthrow |
whetstone | anything that sharpens; a stone for sharpening cutlery or tools by friction. |