Vocabulary for
A Midsummer Night's Dream

The words are in the order they appear in the play. They are listed by ACT(I), Scene(ii)and Line(35). The page number is also listed for the Dover Thrift Edition.

ACT I

nuptial(I,i,1)(pg. 1)

dowager(I,i,5)(pg. 1)

melancholy(I,i,14)(pg. 1)

vexation(I,i, 22)(pg. 2)

gawds(I,i,33)(pg. 2)

abjure(I,i,65)(pg.3)

livery(I,i,70)(pg. 3)

austerity(I,i.90)(pg. 4)

avouch(I,i,106)(pg. 4)

belike(I,i,130)(pg. 5)

misgraffed(I,i, 137)(pg. 5)

waggish(I,i,240)(pg. 8)

forswear(I,i,240)(pg. 8)

ACT II

distemperature(II,i,106)(pg. 15): disorder in the natural constitution

chide(II,i,145)(pg. 16): To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand.

surfeit(II,ii,137)(pg. 24): Overindulgence in food or drink.

ACT III

odious(III,i,73)(pg. 28)

bower(III,ii,7)(pg. 31)

cawing(III,ii,22)(pg. 32)

chid(III,ii,312)(pg. 40)

officious(III,ii,331)(pg. 41)

ACT IV

amity(IV,i,86)(pg. 48)

concord(IV,i,142)(pg. 50)

paramour(IV,ii,12&13)(pg. 53)

paragon(IV,ii,13)(pg. 53)

ACT V

wane(V,i,248)(pg. 61)

scape(V,i,422)(pg. 66)

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