| A | B |
|---|
| battlement | the upper part of a castle wall with alternationg raised and lowered sections from which a battle could be fought |
| mechanical | a manual worker; a person who performs manual labor |
| vulgar | the common people; of the common people |
| barren | unable to bear children or unable to reproduce; sterile |
| cogitation | thoughts or ideas; the act of thinking or contemplating |
| countenance | appearance; especially of the face |
| construe | to explain or interpret |
| ordinance | normal or usual placement of things in the world; natural order |
| throng | crowd or mob |
| replication | duplicate; reproduction |
| servile | slavelike; humbly submissive to authority |
| spare (Cassius) | lean; thin |
| infirmity | weakness; physical defect |
| portentous | ominous; giving signs of evil to come |
| prodigious | of great size or power |
| illuminate | to light up; to decorate with gold, silver, or colored designs |
| redress | set things right |
| alchemy | process by which metal of little value was changed into gold |
| clarified | made clear or easy to understand |
| tragic flaw | character defect or weakness |
