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| Vocabulary Terms 1. Affability (adj). Being pleasant and at ease in talking to others * “ Hide it in smiles and affability,” (Scene 1, line 82) 2. Interpose (vb. place in an intervening position by inserting a new matter * “What watchful cares do interpose themselves?” (Scene 1, line 98) 3. Enkindle (vb.) to kindle, stir up or arouse * “Which seemed too much enkindled and withal.” (Scene 3, line 249) 4. Laments (vb.) mourns aloud, wails * “My heart laments that true virtue can not live.” ( Scene 3, line 12) 5. Praetors (noun) an ancient Roman magistrate ranking below console and having chiefly judicial duties. * “… of senators, of praetors, common suitors.” ( Scene 4, line 35) 6. Emulation (noun) effort of desire to equal of excel * “Out of the teeth of emulation.” (Scene 3, line 13) 7. Tinctures (noun) a substance that dyes, colors, or stains * “For tinctures, stains, relics, and cognizance.” 8. Rheumy (adj.) a condition marked by enflaming or pain in the muscles, joints, of fibrous tissues * “an tempt the rheumy and purged air.” (Scene 1, line 266) 9. Taper (noun) a long waxed wick used especially for lighting lamps, pipes, and fires * “Go get me a taper in my room.” (Scene 1, line 7) 10. Faction (noun) a group or combination acting to within and usually against a larger body (as in state, political party, or church) * “They are the faction…” (Scene 1, line 78) |