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Shakespeare's Sonnet Vocabulary
Match the word to its definition.
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| alchemy | to turn something into gold |
| ambassage | message |
| anon | soon |
| aspect | astrological term for influence |
| attaint | dishonor |
| augurs | fortune tellers |
| bankrout | bankrupt |
| bastard signs | cosmetics |
| beshrew | a mild curse |
| bett'ring | improvement as time passes |
| broils | battles |
| canker blooms | dog-roses |
| canker | destructive worm |
| car | cart |
| carcanet | jewelled collar |
| chary | carefully |
| churl | rude person |
| compeers by night | spirit aids |
| concord | harmony, agreement |
| contracted new | newly betrothed |
| dead seeing | lifeless appearance |
| Dian | the goddess of chastity, Diana |
| distill(ed) | reduced to the essence |
| dun | tan or mud-colored |
| eisell | vinegar |
| erst | formerly |
| expiate | bring to a close |
| extern | exterior |
| fair | beauty |
| foison | abundant harvest |
| gild'st the even | make the evening bright |
| glazed | paned |
| haply | by accident |
| haply | perhaps |
| limbecks | gourd-shaped vessels used in distilling |
| makeless | mateless |
| meetness | fitness to the occasion |
| misprision | error |
| moity | share |
| oblation | offrering |
| patent | right |
| penury | poverty |
| Philomel | the nightingale |
| physic | remedy |
| plentitude | plenty |
| poesy | poem |
| presage | predict |
| presagers | indicators |
| prove | test |
| rack | a mass of streaming clouds |
| rased | erased |
| resty | lazy |
| rondure | sphere |
| ruth | pity |
| scanted | be short of |
| sheeds | sheds |
| sluttish | untidy |
| stelled | portrayed |
| swart-complexioned | dark-complected; swarthy |
| thrallèd | oppressed |
| tillage | cultivated land |
| tires | attire |
| twain | two separate beings |
| twire | peek |
| uneared | untilled |
| vade | depart |
| vassalage | servitude |
| vaunt | boast |
| votary | nymph of Diana, votaress |
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English Instructor |
Attleboro High School |
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