Talk Like Shakespeare Day: Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 5

Check out this list of sampled words William Shakespeare is credited with coining or first putting into print.

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  1. addiction
    being dependent on something habit-forming
  2. arouse
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  3. bet
    stake on the outcome of an issue
  4. cheap
    relatively low in price or charging low prices
  5. control
    power to direct or determine
  6. dexterous
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  7. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  8. flaw
    an imperfection in an object or machine
  9. glow
    emit a steady even light without flames
  10. hobnob
    associate familiarly, especially with someone of high status
  11. inauspicious
    presaging ill fortune
  12. laughable
    inviting ridicule and derision; absurd
  13. mimic
    imitate, especially for satirical effect
  14. neglect
    fail to attend to
  15. ode
    a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
  16. perusal
    the act of examining or reading carefully
  17. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  18. retirement
    the state of being withdrawn from one's business
  19. scrub
    clean with hard rubbing
  20. successful
    having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
  21. torture
    infliction of suffering to punish or obtain information
  22. unmitigated
    not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity
  23. value
    the quality that renders something desirable
  24. yelp
    a sharp high-pitched cry
Created on Wed Apr 12 18:37:05 EDT 2023 (updated Thu Apr 20 15:47:18 EDT 2023)

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