ShakespeareVocabulary

//adj.// having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion (syn. sly, scheming, deceptive / ant. honest, forthright) //n.// skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit (syn. guile, deception, duplicity / ant. honesty, sincerity) related: cunningly, cunningness
 * CUNNING** (1.1.36)

**ABJURE** (1.1.65) //v.// to solemnly renounce or give up; to shun (syn. renounce, disavow, forsake / ant. accept, embrace) related: abjuration

**AUSTERITY** (1.1.90) //n.// extreme plainness and simplicity of style or appearance (syn. starkness / ant. ornateness) //n.// sternness or severity of manner or attitude (syn. seriousness, strictness / ant. gentleness) related: austere

**IDOLATRY** (1.1.109) //n.// worship, extreme admiration, love, or reference for something (syn. adoration, glorification / ant. contempt, scorn) related: idol

**EDICT** (1.1.151) //n.// an official order, proclamation, decree, or command issued by an authority (syn. mandate, law, ruling / ant. --- ) related: edictal

**TRANSPOSE (**1.1.233) //v.// to change or rearrange; to cause two or more things to change places with each other; to transform (syn. interchange, transfer, transmute / ant. -- ) related: transposable, transposal, transposer

**PERJURE** (1.1.241) //v.// to cause someone to violate an oath or a vow; to willfully make a false statement under oath related: perjurer, perjury

**GALLANT** (1.2.19) //adj.// brave, heroic (syn. courageous, valiant / ant. cowardly, dastardly) //adj//. giving special attention and respect to women; chivalrous (syn. courteous, gentlemanly / ant. discourteous) related: gallantly

**CONDOLE** (1.2.22) //v.// to express sympathy with someone who is sad or sorrowful; to grieve with related: condolences

**WANTON** (2.1.63, 99, 129) //adj.// (if used to describe a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked (syn. malicious / n. justifiable) //adj//. //or n.// (if used to describe a person) immodest or promiscuous (syn. indecent / ant. chaste) //adj.// (if used in a poetic or literary sense, can also mean…) playful and lively (like fairies) or growing profusely and luxuriously (like the forest of the fairy world) related: wantonly, wantonness

**QUAINT** (2.1.99) //adj//. attractively unusual or old-fashioned (syn. charming, eccentric, whimsical / ant. ordinary) related: quaintly, quaintness

**PROGENY** (2.1.115) //n//. a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring

**CHIDE (**2.1.45, 3.2.45) //v.// to nag or scold; to rebuke or express disapproval of (syn. chastise, admonish / ant. praise) related: chider, chidingly

**DISDAINFUL** (2.1.261) //adj.// showing contempt or lack of respect (syn. scornful, disrespectful, condescending / ant. respectful) related: disdainfully, disdainfulness, disdain

**LANGUISH** (2.2.35) //v.// to fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, or longing; to waste away due to longing or desire (syn. yearn, pine, suffer / ant. thrive) //v.// to lose or lack vitality; to grow weak or feeble (syn. deteriorate / syn. flourish) related: languishingly, languishment

**SURFEIT** (2.2.147) //n.// an excessive amount of something (syn. excess, abundance / syn. lack)

**HERESY** (2.2.147) //n.// belief or opinion profoundly contrary to or at odds with what is generally accepted

**PROLOGUE** (3.1.15) //n.// a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work (syn. introduction, preface / ant. epilogue) //n.// or the actor who delivers the prologue in a play //n.// an event or action that leads to another event or situation

**ENTREAT** (3.1.35, 3.2.249) //v.// to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something, especially to try to get what you want by flattering someone, trying to please them, or trying to win their favor (“get in good” with them) (syn. implore, beg, beseech / ant. --- ) related: entreatingly

**COMPEL** (3.2.249) //v.// to force someone to do something, especially by exercise of authority; to bring about something by the use of force, pressure, or exertion of great effort (syn. press, push / ant. --- ) related: compelling

**DISCORD** (4.1.117) //n.// disagreement between two people (syn. strife, conflict / ant. accord, concord, harmony) //n.// (in music) lack of harmony, dissonance

**CONCORD** (4.1.143) //n.// agreement or harmony between people or groups (syn. unity / ant. dissonance, discord) //n.// (in music) a chord that is pleasing in itself

**EXPOUND** (4.1.205) //v.// present and explain a theory or idea in detail. (syn. explain, convey / ant. ---)

**PARAGON** (4.2.11) //n.// a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of something; a person or thing viewed as a model of excellence (syn. epitome, ideal, quintessence / ant. --- )

**APPREHEND** (5.1.19) //v.// to arrest (someone) for a crime (syn. arrest / ant. release) //v.// to understand or perceive (syn. comprehend, realize / ant. misunderstand, misinterpret)