The Taming of the Shrew Vocab Flashcards
(37 cards)
1
Q
shrew
A
a rude, scornful woman
2
Q
rogue
A
crook/villain
3
Q
jest
A
joke
4
Q
procure
A
to gain/obtain
5
Q
antic
A
odd/strange/peculiar
6
Q
melancholy
A
pensive/thoughtful- often characterized by sadness
7
Q
resolved
A
decided/determined
8
Q
fray
A
fight
9
Q
perused
A
looked over
10
Q
ingrate
A
thankless
11
Q
dowry
A
the money/property a wife brings to a marriage
12
Q
volubility
A
talkativeness
13
Q
tarry
A
wait/stay
14
Q
pithy
A
concise/belief
15
Q
gallants
A
good men
16
Q
tedious
A
tiresome
17
Q
digress
A
deviate from a promise
18
Q
vicar
A
priest
19
Q
quaffed
A
drank
20
Q
surly
A
ill-tempered/rude
21
Q
oblivion
A
complete forgetfulness
22
Q
choler
A
bad temper
23
Q
kites
A
small hawk
24
Q
unfeigned
A
not fake
25
disdainful
disrespectful/rude/hateful
26
gait
walk (style of)
27
countenance
appearance esp. face
28
credulous
believable
29
alms
offering
30
deluding
deceitful
31
habiliments
clothes
32
adder
poisonous snake
33
frolic
be joyful
34
expound
explain
35
dotard
foolish, old man
36
giddy
silly/unsure
37
sullen
depressed
