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prate
chatter
madrigals
songs of a type popular during the renaissance
swains
youth
wanton
producing abundant crops
congealed
solidified
assay
try
rapt
deeply absorbed
deign
allow
whither
where
nonpareil
best
unsanctified
unholy
voluptuousness
lust
harbingers
announcers
discourse
conversation
affectation
something done just for show or to give a false impression
contemn
view with contempt; hate
confute
prove wrong
stond
stoppage
impertinences
irrelevant concerns
abatement
a reduction
facile
easily influenced or persuaded
hortatives
speeches to encourage troops before battle
vulgar
crude, common, ordinary
froward
stubborn
diligence
constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken
chastise
to criticize severely
rhetoric
the study of the effective use of language
missives
a written message; letter
cunning
showing or made with ingenuity
repentance
regret for any past action
mitigate
to lessen in force or intensity
interim
interval
posterity
succeeding or future generations collectively
surmise
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; guess
aptness
likely
prophetic
having the function or powers of a prophet
precept
a commandment or direction given as a rule of action
deign
to condescend; to give or grant
mortality
to state or condition of being subject to death
smack
a taste, mouthful or small quantity
impregnable
not to be overcome or overthrown
minion
a servile follower
commend
to entrust; give in charge
usurper
a person who seizes a position of power by force
antidote
a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison
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elizabethan vocab pt.1
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elizabeth, first part
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2011-12-07T00:20:20Z
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