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Terms
undefined, object
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- ambiguous
- vague,uncertain
- auspicious
- attended by favorable circumstances
- calumnious
- slanderous
- censure
- condemnation,strong disapproval
- countenance
- facial expression
- crescent
- increasing,growing,waxing (as the moon)
- entreated
- asked earnestly,pleaded
- grapple
- hand-to-hand combat
- imminent
- about too happen
- impart
- to give; to make known
- jocund
- cheerful,mild
- levies
- enlistment of troops for military service;tax collections
- obsequious
- dutiful,devoted;in current usage,overly submissive or servile
- perchance
- perhaps,possibly
- pith
- essence
- portentous
- ominous;arousing awe
- rank
- growing excessively;strongly offensive
- requite
- to pay back
- truant
- idle,neglectful of duty
- visage
- appearance
- wax
- to grow or become
- affectation
- striving for an effect to impress others;a pretense or display
- distemper
- ill humor,ailment
- firmament
- the sky;the heavens
- fordoes
- destroys
- melancholy
- sadness,depression
- paragon
- model of excellence
- pastoral
- literary work that portrays country life in an idealized manner
- pate
- head
- perusal
- careful examination
- pestilent
- dangerous to society;infectious;very harmful
- sovereign
- supreme
- tediousness
- slow movement or progression;in current usage,dullness
- tribute
- payment from one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission ar as the price of protection
- vouchsafe
- be gracious enough to give
- wonted
- customary,usual
- writ
- a formal legal document ordering or prohibiting an action
- bulwark
- defensive wall or embankment;fortification
- capon
- castrated rooster fattened to be eaten
- contagion
- poison;in current usage,a disease transmitted by direct or indirect contact;a harmful,corrupting influence
- fawning
- attempting to please through flattery and servile behavior
- inexplicable
- hard or impossible to explain
- insolence
- disrespectful speech or behavior;arrogance
- mischance
- an unfortunate occurrence;bad luck
- portal
- doorway,entrance
- prating
- chattering;talking foolishly
- commune
- to converse intimately;to exchange thoughts and feelings
- conjectures
- guesses,speculation
- exhort
- to urge strongly
- garrisoned
- occupied by troops
- importunate
- insistent in asking or demanding
- providence
- foresight;prudent management
- battlements
- low walls built on top of castle walls with open spaces for shooting
- cudgel
- to beat
- extolment
- high praise
- flagon
- a container with a handle and spout used for holding wine and other liquids
- germane
- pertinent and fitting
- ordnance
- cannon,artillery
- palpable
- easily perceived,obvious;evident
- sexton
- church employee responsible for upkeep of property and digging graves
- verity
- conformity to truth
- willfully
- deliberately,of one's own free will