Taming of the Shrew - Act 1.2

Elizabeth S. (United States of America)
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  1. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  2. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  3. amiss
    in an improper or mistaken manner
  4. amorous
    inclined toward or displaying love
  5. aught
    a quantity of no importance
  6. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  7. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  8. chafe
    become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  9. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
  10. daunt
    cause to lose courage
  11. din
    a loud, harsh, or strident noise
  12. disfigure
    mar or spoil the appearance of
  13. froward
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  14. hearken
    listen; used mostly in the imperative
  15. irksome
    tedious or irritating
  16. knave
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  17. largess
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  18. pate
    liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
  19. patron
    someone who supports or champions something
  20. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  21. presume
    take to be the case or to be true
  22. quaff
    swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
  23. slack
    not tense or taut
  24. stripling
    a person who is older than 12 but younger than 20
  25. suitor
    a man who courts a woman
  26. tarry
    leave slowly and hesitantly
Created on Wed Oct 13 18:13:52 EDT 2010 (updated Wed Oct 13 20:04:58 EDT 2010)

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