VOCABULARY WORD |
P.O.S. |
DEFINITION |
| a-good |
adj. |
plenty; abundant |
| abroad |
adv. |
away, apart; out |
| absolute |
adj. |
positive; certain |
| abuse |
v. |
deceive |
| address |
v. |
to prepare one's self |
| addressed |
adj. |
ready; prepared |
| advertising |
adj. |
attentive; courteous |
| advise |
v. |
to consider; to reflect |
| advised |
adj. |
considerate; thoughtful |
| affeared |
adj. |
afraid |
| affect |
v. |
to love |
| anight |
adv. |
by night |
| anon |
adv. |
until later |
| aroint |
adv. |
away |
| attask |
v. |
reprimand; scold |
| aye |
adv. |
yes |
| baffle |
v. |
embarrass |
| beseech |
tr. v. |
ask, beg |
| boot |
v. |
help; assist |
| bootless |
adj. |
useless |
| brave |
adj. |
handsome; well-dressed |
| compose |
v. |
to agree |
| condition |
n. |
temper; quality |
| consort |
v. |
accompany; associate with |
| countenance |
n. |
appearance; expression |
| countenance |
n. |
face |
| cowish |
adj. |
cowardly |
| defend |
v. |
forbid |
| deny |
v. |
refuse |
| detect |
v. |
charge; blame |
| doff |
v. |
put off w/ an excuse |
| e'en |
n. |
even; evening |
| eft |
adj. |
ready; convenient |
| encave |
v. |
to place oneself in a cave |
| ere |
adv. |
ever |
| erewhile |
adv. |
a short time since |
| examine |
v. |
question |
| extern |
adv. |
outward |
| fact |
n. |
guilt |
| fain |
adj.; adv. |
glad; gladly |
| fair |
adj. |
beautiful |
| falsing |
adj. |
deceptive |
| Fare-thee-well |
|
goodbye |
| favor |
n. |
countenance; complexion; quality |
| forepast |
adj. |
former |
| foreslow |
tr. v |
to delay |
| gentle |
n. |
man |
| Good Morrow |
|
Good Morning, Good Day |
| good-deed |
adv. |
indeed; certainly |
Good-den/
God-den |
|
Good Evening |
| Gramercy |
|
Thank you |
| greenly |
adv. |
foolishly |
| hap |
n |
chance, luck |
| happily |
adv. |
accidentally |
| harry |
v. |
annoy; harass |
| havior |
n. |
behavior |
| hence |
adv. |
now |
| hie |
v. |
go |
| hither |
adv. |
here |
| hue and cry |
n. |
The requirement of all members of a village to pursue a criminal with horn
and voice. It was a duty of any person discovering a felony to raise the
hue and cry and his neighbors were bound to assist him in the pursuit and
capture of the offender. |
| hurtling |
n. |
noise; confusion |
| importune |
v. |
question |
| incense |
v. |
encourage |
| intern |
adv. |
inward |
| irregulous |
adj. |
lawless |
kind
kindly |
n.
adj. |
nature
natural |
| knave |
n. |
a young, common man |
| lady |
n. |
woman of nobility |
| lag |
adv. |
late |
| like |
v. |
to please |
| like |
v. |
to compare |
| like |
adj. |
possible; likely |
| lord |
n. |
man of nobility |
| maid/maiden |
n. |
a young, unmarried woman |
| mark |
v. |
listen |
| meed |
v. |
to reward |
| merely |
adv. |
simply; absolutely |
| mistempered |
adj. |
angry |
| misthink |
v. |
to think poorly of; to dislike |
| mistress |
n. |
woman of upper/merchant class |
| modern |
adj. |
common; ordinary |
| moonish |
adj. |
inconstant |
| morrow |
n. |
day |
| move |
v. |
persuade |
| nay |
adv. |
no |
| ne'r |
adv. |
never |
| oft |
adv. |
often |
| on the morrow |
adv. |
tomorrow; in the morning |
| perchance |
adv. |
maybe; perhaps |
| pray/prithee |
adv. |
please |
| prevent |
v. |
to anticipate |
| remorseful |
adj. |
compassionate |
| respective |
adj. |
thoughtful; respectful |
| respectively |
adv. |
thoughtfully; respectfully |
| Rest you merry. |
|
good-bye |
| rude |
adj. |
rough; simple |
| sad |
adj. |
serious |
| sans |
prep. |
without |
| shrift |
n. |
divine forgiveness of sins (as from the Confessional ) |
| simple |
adj |
foolish |
| sir |
n. |
man of upper/merchant class |
| sithence |
prep. |
since |
| smooth |
v. |
to flatter |
| smoothed |
adj. |
flattered |
| soft |
adj. |
quiet; still |
| sooth |
n. |
truth |
| sooth |
adj. |
true |
| stay |
v. |
yield, give in, submit to |
| stead |
v. |
to profit |
| still |
adv. |
always |
| strange |
adj. |
aloof |
task
tasking |
v.
adj. |
to challenge
challenging |
| tend |
v. |
to attend to |
| thee |
pro. |
you-object |
| thither |
adv. |
there |
| thou |
pro. |
you--subject |
| thy |
pro. |
your |
| verily |
adv. |
very |
| vex |
v. |
curse |
| wax |
v. |
to grow |
| wench |
n. |
a common woman |
| What! |
int. |
Hey! |
| whence |
adv. |
where |
| wherefore |
adv. |
why |
| whiles |
prep |
until |
| whither |
adv. |
where |
| withal |
prep. |
with |
| yon |
adv. |
there |