12th Night Vocabulary

Steward

One employed in a large household or estate to manage domestic concerns, such as the supervision of servants, collection of rents, and keeping of accounts.

Eunuch

A castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace.

Recompense

To give something to by way of compensation, as for a service rendered or damage incurred.

Churlish

Marked by a lack of civility or graciousness; surly.

Wavering

To vacillate irresolutely between choices; to fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction.

Surfeit

An overabundant supply; excess.

Portend

To give an omen or anticipatory sign of.

Vouchsafe

To grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner.

Feign

To give a false appearance of; induce as a false impression.

Pedant

One who makes a show of knowledge but is truly unimaginative.

Valor

Strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery.

Coffer

A chest.

Hyperbolic

Of, relating to, or marked by language that exaggerates or overstates the truth.

Sirrah

Used as a form of address implying inferiority in the person addressed.

Fiend

A person of great wickedness or maliciousness.

Jocund

Marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness.

Joinder

The act of joining.

Propriety

The quality or state of being proper or suitable.