King Henry V (Webster's Thesaurus Edition)

212 Pages·2006·1.65 MB·English

by  William Shakespeare

KING HENRY V

Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®,
GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation

William Shakespeare

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King Henry V

Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®,
GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation

William Shakespeare

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Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered
trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and
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King Henry V: Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT®, and AP®
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ISBN 0-497-25345-3
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Contents

PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR..........................................................................................1

PERSONS REPRESENTED................................................................................................3

PROLOGUE......................................................................................................................5

ACT I................................................................................................................................7

ACT II.............................................................................................................................25

ACT III............................................................................................................................49

ACT IV............................................................................................................................79

ACT V...........................................................................................................................121

GLOSSARY...................................................................................................................141

William Shakespeare 1

PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this
edition of King Henry V by William Shakespeare was edited for students who are actively building
their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®,
LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.1

Webster’s edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of
synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in
other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic
words and expressions are given lower priority in the notes compared to words which are “difficult,
and often encountered” in examinations. Rather than supply a single synonym, many are provided
for a variety of meanings, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of the English language,
and avoid using the notes as a pure crutch. Having the reader decipher a word’s meaning within
context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not
already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficult word is not noted on a page, chances are that it
has been highlighted on a previous page. A more complete thesaurus is supplied at the end of the
book; Synonyms and antonyms are extracted from Webster’s Online Dictionary.

Definitions of remaining terms as well as translations can be found at www.websters-online-
dictionary.org. Please send suggestions to [email protected]

The Editor
Webster’s Online Dictionary
www.websters-online-dictionary.org
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William Shakespeare 3
PERSONS REPRESENTED

KING HENRY V.
DUKE OF GLOUCESTER,
}
brothers to the King
DUKE OF BEDFORD,
DUKE OF EXETER, uncle to the King.%
DUKE OF YORK, cousin to the King.
EARL OF SALISBURY.
EARL OF WESTMORELAND.
EARL OF WARWICK.
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
BISHOP OF ELY.
EARL OF CAMBRIDGE.
LORD SCROOP.
SIR THOMAS GREY.
SIR THOMAS ERPINGHAM, officer in King Henry's army.
GOWER, officer in King Henry's army.
FLUELLEN, officer in King Henry's army.
MACMORRIS,
}
officers in King Henry's army

JAMY,
BATES,
}
COURT, Soldiers in King Henry’s armty

WILLIAMS,
PISTOL.
NYM.

Thesaurus
archbishop: (adj, n) primate; (n) cousinship, relation, akin, relative, executive, agent, employee.
metropolitan, bishop, prelate, elder, full cousin, companion. ANTONYM: (n) underling.
eminence, clergyman, becket, earl: (n) baron, jarl, peer, thane, uncle: (n) father's younger brother,
reverence, minister. viscount, banneret, chief, lord. elder uncle, father's older brother,
army: (n) troop, host, armed forces, lord: (n) chief, king, noble, sir, duke, father's sister's husband, husband of
battery, swarm, navy, multitude, master, God, seignior, nobility, paternal aunt, maternal uncle, niece,
force, flock; (adj, n) military; (adj) Mister, potentate. ANTONYM: (n) benefactor, EME, helper, kinsman.
array. lady.
bishop: (n) pontiff, primate, chessman, officer: (n) police officer,
prelate, minister, metropolitan, administrator, constable,
Martin, lord; (v) wassail, flip, punch. commander, military officer,
cousin: (n) nephew, cousins, friend, bureaucrat, official, officeholder,
4 King Henry V
BARDOLPH.%
BOY.
A HERALD.
CHARLES VI, King of France.
LEWIS, the Dauphin.
DUKE OF BURGUNDY.
DUKE OF ORLEANS.
DUKE OF BOURBON.
THE CONSTABLE OF FRANCE.
RAMBURES, French Lord.
GRANDPRE, French Lord. Governor of Harfleur
MONTJOY, a French herald.
AMBASSADORS to the King of England.
ISABEL, queen of France.
KATHARINE, daughter to Charles and Isabel.
ALICE, a lady attending on her.
HOSTESS of a tavern in Eastcheap, formerly Mistress Quickly, and now
married to Pistol.
CHORUS.
LORDS, LADIES, OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, CITIZENS, MESSENGERS, and
ATTENDANTS.

Thesaurus
ambassadors: (n) ambassador. discord. announce, bode, proclaim, introduce,
attending: (v) attend; (n) presence, formerly: (adv) already, previously, foreshadow; (n, v) augur.
nursing, care, appearing, observation; earlier, lately, originally, anciently, ANTONYMS: (v) follow; (n)
(adj) concomitant, attendant, aforetime, first, erstwhile, at one successor.
ministrant, in attendance, ancillary. time, once. ANTONYMS: (adv) hostess: (n) mistress, air hostess, flight
ANTONYMS: (n) nonattendance, afterward, lastly, later, now. attendant, housewife, steward,
inattention. governor: (n) chief, manager, innkeeper, landlady, prostitute, host.
chorus: (n, v) choir; (v) chant; (n) regulator, administrator, lord, tavern: (n) hotel, saloon, bar, inn, pub,
ensemble, coir, refrain, chorale, superintendent, ruler, controller, public house, pothouse, taphouse,
acclamation, Greek chorus; (adv) leader, president, protector. cabaret, khan, hostelry.
descant, glee, madrigal. herald: (n) forerunner, courier,
ANTONYMS: (n) disagreement, messenger; (v) declare, foretell,
William Shakespeare 5

PROLOGUE

[Enter %CHORUS.]
CHORUS.
O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention,
A kingdom for a stage, princes to act,
And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!
Then should the warlike Harry, like himself,
Assume the port of Mars; and at his heels,
Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire
Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all,
The flat unraised spirits that hath dar'd
On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth
So great an object. Can this cockpit hold
The vasty fields of France? Or may we cram
Within this wooden O the very casques
That did affright the air at Agincourt?
O, pardon! since a crooked figure may
Attest in little place a million;
And let us, ciphers to this great accompt,
On your imaginary forces work.

Thesaurus
affright: (v) frighten, scare, horrify, Travis, stage. contemptible, despicable, ugly,
startle, terrorize, terrify, intimidate; swelling: (n) protuberance, lump, unmerited, unseemly, shameful.
(n) dread, alarm, fear; (n, v) fright. swell, intumescence, growth, ANTONYMS: (adj) deserving,
behold: (v) see, view, contemplate, projection, prominence, bulge, valuable, honorable, estimable,
regard, perceive, observe, look, dropsy; (adj, v) inflated; (adj) reputable.
consider, discern, descry, watch. growing. ANTONYM: (n) decline. vasty: (adj) immense.
ANTONYMS: (v) Miss, disregard, unraised: (adj) flat, flavorless, warlike: (adj) military, belligerent,
ignore, overlook. flavourless, fixed, compressed, bellicose, pugnacious, combative,
monarchs: (n) royals, royalty. categorical, bland, savourless, aggressive, armigerous, hostile,
scaffold: (n) frame, scaffolding, unpleated, unleavened, prostrate. unfriendly, unpacific, militant.
framework, foundation, gallows, unworthy: (adj) undeserving, base, ANTONYMS: (adj) harmonizing,
stand, transom, summer, trave, disgraceful, ignoble, low, friendly.