The Taming of the Shrew By William Shakespeare Vocabulary List Archaic and Obsolete Words ...

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by  Philip M. Kearney

The Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare
Vocabulary List

Archaic and Obsolete Words
Word Definition Shakespearean Usage Write a dialogue between
Forward Perverse Her only fault, and that is two characters using the
faults enough,/Is that she is 14 archaic and obsolete
intolerable curst/And words from The Taming of
shrewd and froward, so the Shrew.
beyond all measure/That,
were my state far worser
than it is,/I would not wed
her for a mine of gold.
Shrewd Nagging; angry Her eldest sister is so curst
and shrewd.
Banns An He'll woo a thousand,
announcement 'point the day of
made in a marriage,/Make feasts,
church of an invite friends, and proclaim
impending the banns…
marriage
Cozen To be mislead Trembled and shook; for
by petty why, he stamp'd and
trickery and swore,/As if the vicar
fraud meant to cozen him.
But after many ceremonies
done,/He calls for wine
Hence Here While I make way from
hence to save my life:
Whence Where Why, how now, dame!
whence grows this
Thence Then insolence?
And I seeing this came
thence for very shame
Marry Indeed Ay, marry, sir, now it
begins to work.
Prithee Pray thee I prithee, good Grumio, tell
(implore, beg) me, how goes the world?
Sirrah Sir Sirrah, get you hence,
And bid my cousin
Ferdinand come hither
Thee Forms of you “to thee” = “to you”
Thou “thou hast” = “you have”
Thine “all thine” = all yours
Thy “thy smile” = your smile
The Induction
Word Definition Shakespearean Write a plot summary of the
Usage Induction from The Taming
Rogue Scoundrel, rascal A pair of stocks, you of the Shrew using the 8
rogue! Shakespearean vocabulary
Remedy Something that I know my remedy; I words on the left.
relieves pain or must go fetch the
cures disease; third—borough.
something that
corrects and evil
or an error
Esteem Respect; Thou art a fool: if
favorable regard Echo were as fleet,/ I
would esteem him
worth a dozen such.
Submissive Docile; meek, And if he chance to
obedient; speak, be ready
unresisting straight/And with a
low submissive
reverence/Say ‘What
is it your honour will
command?’
Apparel Clothing; outer Some one be ready
garments; attire with a costly
suit/And ask him
what apparel he will
wear;
Beguile To deceive by We’ll show thee Io
charm; to delude as she was a maid,/
And how she was
beguiled and
surprised,/ As lively
painted as the deed
was done.
Congeal To harden; to Seeing too much
freeze sadness hath
congeal’d your
blood
Act I
Word Definition Shakespearean For eight (8) of the quotes in
Usage the third column, write a
paraphrase using the
definition of the vocabulary
word as a guideline for the
meaning of the quote.
Renowned Famous; well- Ay, sir, in Pisa have
known I often been,
Pisa renowned for
grave citizens.
Satiety Condition of Tell me thy mind;
being full or for I have Pisa
satisfied left/And am to
Padua come, as he
that leaves/A
shallow plash to
plunge him in the
deep/And with
satiety seeks to
quench his thirst.

Importune To make Gentlemen,
repeated importune me no
requests; to farther,/For how I
beg; to implore firmly am resolved
you know;/That is,
not bestow my
youngest daughter/
Before I have a
husband for the
elder:
Sobriety Seriousness; But in the other's
gravity in silence do I see/
manner Maid's mild
behavior and
sobriety.
Discreetly In a hidden You use your
way; not manners discreetly
showy; quietly in all kind of
companies:/When I
am alone, why, then
I am Tranio;/ But in
all places else your
master Lucentio.
Gale Strong wind; And tell me now,
storm sweet friend, what
happy gale/Blows
you to Padua here
from old Verona?
Broach To begin to Petruchio, since we
talk about are stepp'd thus far
something; to in,/I will continue
announce that I broach'd in
jest.
Encounter Chance And therefore let me
meeting be thus bold with
you/To give you
over at this first
encounter,/Unless
you will accompany
me thither.
Suitor A man who He hath the jewel of
courts a my life in hold,/His
woman for youngest daughter,
love beautiful
Bianca,/And her
withholds from me
and other
more,/Suitors to her
and rivals in my love
Woo To see Here is a gentleman
someone’s whom by chance I
affection for met,/Upon
the purpose of agreement from us
marriage to his liking,/Will
undertake to woo
curst Katharina,/
Yea, and to marry
her, if her dowry
please.
Amorous Associated And watch withal;
with romantic for, but I be
love; deceived,/Our fine
enamored musician groweth
amorous.
Irksome Annoying; I know she is an
bothersome; irksome brawling
irritating scold:/ If that be all,
masters, I hear no
harm.
Act II
Word Definition Shakespearean Usage Identify the both speaker and
to whom the speaker is talking
for the quotes in column 3.
Insolence Rudeness; Unbind my hands, I'll
boldness, pull them off
impudence myself,/Yea, all my
raiment, to my petticoat;
Flout To show Her silence flouts me,
contempt; to and I'll be revenged.
scorn; to
scoff at
Cunning Shrewdness; Cunning in music and
craft; the mathematics,/To
deceptive instruct her fully in
skill those sciences,/Whereof
I know she is not
ignorant:/Accept of him,
or else you do me
wrong:/His name is
Licio, born in Mantua.
Covenant Contract; And, for that dowry, I'll
binding assure her of/Her
agreement; widowhood, be it that
solemn she survive me,/In all
promise my lands and leases
whatsoever:/Let
specialties be therefore
drawn between us,/ That
covenants may be kept
on either hand.
Consolation Comfort; You lie, in faith; for you
solace are call'd plain
Kate,/And bonny Kate
and sometimes Kate the
curst;/But Kate, the
prettiest Kate in
Christendom/Kate of
Kate Hall, my super-
dainty Kate,
For dainties are all
Kates, and therefore,
Kate,/Take this of me,
Kate of my consolation
Waspish Easily If I be waspish, best
irritated or beware my sting.
annoyed
irascible;
snappish
Cuff (v.) To strike I swear I'll cuff you, if
with an open you strike again.
hand
Sullen Ill-humored; No, not a whit: I find
sulky; you passing
morose gentle./'Twas told me
you were rough and coy
and sullen,/And now I
find report a very liar…
Wench Wanton Hush, master! here's
woman; some good pastime
prostitute toward:/That wench is
stark mad or wonderful
froward.
Gait Particular Did ever Dian so
way of become a grove/
walking As Kate this chamber
with her princely gait?
Temperate Moderate; Father, 'tis thus:
mild; not yourself and all the
extreme world,/That talk'd of
her, have talk'd amiss of
her:/If she be curst, it is
for policy,/For she's not
froward, but modest as
the dove;/She is not hot,
but temperate as the
morn…
Novice Beginner O, the kindest Kate!/She
hung about my neck;
and kiss on kiss/
She vied so fast,
protesting oath on
oath,/That in a twink
she won me to her
love./O, you are
novices! 'tis a world to
see,/How tame, when
men and women are
alone…
Act III
Word Definition Shakespearean Write a plot summary of Act
Usage III from The Taming of the
Shrew using the
Shakespearean vocabulary
words on the left.
Wrangling Arguing; But, wrangling
bickering pedant, this is
The patroness of
heavenly harmony:/
Then give me leave
to have
prerogative;/And
when in music we
have spent an
hour,/Your lecture
shall have leisure
for as much
Pedant One who pays But, wrangling
undue attention pedant, this is
to book The patroness of
learning; one heavenly
who show off harmony:/Then
learning give me leave to
have
prerogative;/And
when in music we
have spent an
hour,/Your lecture
shall have leisure
for as much
Strife Bitter conflict; Content you,
struggle gentlemen: I will
between rivals compound this
strife:/'Tis deeds
must win the prize;
and he of both/That
can assure my
daughter greatest
dower/Shall have
my Bianca's love.
Pithy Precisely To teach you gamut
meaningful; in a briefer
brief, terse sort,/More pleasant,
pithy and
effectual,/Than
hath been taught by
any of my
trade:/And there it
is in writing, fairly
drawn.
Accoutrements Trappings; To me she's
outward forms married, not unto
whereby a my clothes:/Could I
thing is repair what she will
recognized wear in me,/As I
can change these
poor
accoutrements…
Clamorous Loudly noisy; This done, he took
pertaining to the bride about the
confusion and neck/And kiss'd her
shouting lips with such a
clamorous
smack/That at the
parting all the
church did echo
Entreat To ask I must away to-day,
earnestly; to before night
beg; to implore come:/Make it no
wonder; if you
knew my
business,/You
would entreat me
rather go than stay
Chattels Articles of I will be master of
personal what is mine
property; goods own:/She is my
goods, my chattels;
she is my house,
My household
stuff, my field, my
barn,/My horse, my
ox, my ass, my any
thing
Act IV
Word Definition Shakespearean Usage For of the quotes in the
third column, write a
paraphrase using the
definition of the
vocabulary word as a
guideline for the
meaning of the quote.
Oblivion State of Tell thou the tale:
complete …how I/lost my
forgetfulness; crupper, with many
lack of things of worthy
awareness memory,/which now
shall die in oblivion and
thou return
unexperienced to thy
grave.
Heartily Enthusiastically Come, Kate, and wash,
and welcome heartily./
You whoreson villain!
will you let it fall?
Engender To bring into I tell thee, Kate, 'twas
existence; to burnt and dried
give rise to away;/And I expressly
am forbid to touch
it,/For it engenders
choler, planteth anger
Rail (v.) To use bitter, In her chamber, making
harsh language; a sermon of continency
to condemn to her;/And rails, and
angrily swears, and rates, that
she, poor soul,/Knows
not which way to stand,
to look, to speak,/And
sits as one new-risen
from a dream.
Brawl (v.) To quarrel And if she chance to nod
noisily I'll rail and brawl/And
with the clamour keep
her still awake./This is a
way to kill a wife with
kindness;
Credulous Gullible If he be credulous and
trust my tale…
Famish To starve; to The more my wrong, the
cause intense more his spite
hunger appears:/What, did he
marry me to famish me?
Commendable Praiseworthy I never saw a better-
fashion'd gown,/More
quaint, more pleasing,
nor more
commendable:/Belike
you mean to make a
puppet of me.
Arrogance Haughtiness; O monstrous arrogance!
insolent pride Thou liest, thou thread,
thou thimble,/Thou yard,
three-quarters, half-yard,
quarter, nail!
Dissemble To disguise; to Right true it is, your son
cover up; to Lucentio here/Doth love
pretend my daughter and she
loveth him,
Or both dissemble
deeply their affections…
Deceitful Untruthful; Then thus. Baptista is
lying safe, talking with
the/deceiving father of a
deceitful son.