| Question | Answer |
| obsequious (adj.) | excessively eager to obey |
| obsequies (noun) | funeral rites or ceremonies |
| penury (noun) | severe condition of poverty |
| beseech (verb) | beg |
| presage | (verb) predict; forfeit; (noun) a sign or warning of a future event |
| orisons (noun) | players |
| drift (noun) | intentions |
| fain (adv.) | gladly; eagerly |
| dissemblers (noun) | liars |
| spleen (noun) | anger; malice |
| confounds (verb) | destroyes, defeats; today it means "confuses" |
| bounty (adj.) | evil; threatening harm |
| counsel (noun) | private thoughts; secret plan. |
| discourses (verb) | utters or speaks; noun communication of ideas and information. |
| shrift (noun) | confession; the forgiveness given by a priest for sins confessed; today it is part of the expression " to make short shrift of," which means to finish a job quickly and impatiently. |
| humor (noun) | mood |
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