Talk Like Shakespeare Day: Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 8

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

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  1. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  2. buzz
    the sound of rapid vibration
  3. critical
    marked by a tendency to find and call attention to flaws
  4. dwindle
    become smaller or lose substance
  5. exposure
    the state of being exposed to harm
  6. future
    the time yet to come
  7. gust
    a strong current of air
  8. howl
    emit long loud cries
  9. invulnerable
    immune to attack; impregnable
  10. jaded
    bored or apathetic after experiencing too much of something
  11. lustrous
    made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing
  12. musical
    characterized by vocal or instrumental sound
  13. overview
    a general summary of a subject
  14. publish
    prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
  15. quarrelsome
    given to arguing
  16. remorseless
    without mercy or pity
  17. rut
    a groove or furrow
  18. secure
    free from danger or risk
  19. suspicious
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
  20. swagger
    walk with a lofty proud gait
  21. transcendence
    a state of being beyond the limits of material experience
  22. useless
    having no beneficial utility
  23. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
Created on Wed Apr 12 18:38:56 EDT 2023 (updated Thu Apr 20 15:47:57 EDT 2023)

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