Talk Like Shakespeare Day: Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 6

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

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  1. admirable
    deserving of the highest esteem
  2. assassination
    murder of a public figure by surprise attack
  3. blush
    turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
  4. circumstantial
    suggesting that something is true without proving it
  5. countless
    very many; too numerous to be numbered
  6. distasteful
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  7. expedience
    the quality of being suited to the end in view
  8. fretful
    nervous and unable to relax
  9. grime
    thick or ingrained dirt
  10. homely
    lacking in physical beauty or proportion
  11. investment
    laying out money or capital in an enterprise
  12. leak
    have an opening that allows substances to enter or go out
  13. lonely
    marked by sadness from being by yourself
  14. misgiving
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  15. offense
    a failure to show regard for others
  16. outbreak
    a sudden occurrence or increase of something undesirable
  17. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  18. reinforcement
    an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
  19. revolting
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  20. scuffle
    fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
  21. suffocate
    deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  22. traditional
    consisting of or derived from a practice of long standing
  23. unpublished
    not prepared and printed for distribution
  24. varied
    characterized by diversity
Created on Wed Apr 12 18:37:46 EDT 2023 (updated Thu Apr 20 15:47:32 EDT 2023)

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