Twelfth Night Vocabulary

feigned

pretended; sham; counterfeit

revels

to take great pleasure or delight

rogue

no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; renegade; dangerous and unpredictable

abjure

to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant

surfeit

excess; an excessive amount

malady

any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated

mirth

gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter

churlish

like a churl; boorish; rude

bounteous

giving or disposed to give freely; more than sufficient

clamorous

Making a loud and confused noise

prithee

Please ( used to convey a polite request)

recompense

to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid; to pay or give compensation for

disdain

to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn

usurp

to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right

epistles

a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication

shrew

a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant

sanctity

holiness, saintliness, or godliness

galliard

a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.

jest

A thing said or done for amusement; a joke.

folly

lack of good sense; foolishness