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This document provides definitions for various terms ranging from A to W. It defines words like alchemy, bait, barren, brave, chided, conscience, heralds, immortal, knave, prodigies, tempest, virtue and more. The definitions are brief explanations of the meanings of these terms.

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Glossary

This document provides definitions for various terms ranging from A to W. It defines words like alchemy, bait, barren, brave, chided, conscience, heralds, immortal, knave, prodigies, tempest, virtue and more. The definitions are brief explanations of the meanings of these terms.

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A
Alchemy: (n) -to make elixirs, form chemistry. It also deals with the
converting metals into other objects
B
Bait:-provoke
Barren: (adj.) -someone not having offspring, infertile
Basest: (adj.) - low down
Beseech: (v.) -beg someone imploringly to do something
Brave: (adj.) to not fear
C
Chided: (v.) -when someone is scolded
Cogitations: (n.) -thoughts
Colossus: (n.) a gigantic statue or thing
Concave: (adj.) curving inward
Conjure: (v.) - to evoke or call forth
Conscience: (n.) - inner since of being, it tells you from right or wrong
Construe: (v.) -make sense of
Convulsions: (n.) -many people believe that this was an illness of Caesar
Coronet: (n.) - simple crown, lesser nobles
F
Factious: (adj.) - causing disagreement
Fawn: (n.) - try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

Ferret: (n.) - search and discover through persistent investigation


H
Heralds: (n.) the official messenger, person
Hinder: (v.) difficulties for someone causing a problem, obstacle
I
Ides: (n.) the middle
Immortal: (adj.) - living forever
Incenses: (v.) to provoke
Ingratitude: (adj.) a lack of thankfulness
K
Knave: someone that is dishonest
L
Lamented: (adj.) -mourned or grieved for
Liable: (adj.) -held legally responsible
Lupercal: (n.) - old Roman fertility celebration, celebrated on February 13th
M
Meddle: (v) - interfere in other people's business
Mettle: (n.) - the courage to carry on difficulties
o
Oath: (n.) - code to do something
Obscurely: (adj.) dimly or unclearly
Offal: (n.) - animal insides as food for man.

Ordinance: (n.) - set of laws


p
Praetor: (n.) an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
Prodigies: (n.) - omen, something unusual
Prodigious: (adj.) - something great, remarkable
R
Redress: (v.) - correcting an error
Rogues: (n.) - Dishonest or a worthless person
S
Servile: (adj.) - submissive or willing to serve others.
Soothsayer: (n) - someone who makes predictions of the future, fortune
teller.
Stayd: (v) remain in certain place
Strive: (v.) to have strong effort to get to something
Surest: (n.) to have no doubt
Swound: (n.) to faint
T
Taen (v.) taken, being captured.
Tempest (n.) -a dangerous windy storm
Thrice: (adv.)-three
Tiber: (n.) - a river flowing through Rome.
Tyranny: (n.) -cruel ruler of government
V

Virtue: (n.) -the quality doing something that is right


Vulgar: (adj.) - the lack of good taste
W
Wenches: (n.) - young women
U

Unassailable: (adj.) - unable to be defeated

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