QUESTIONS And CORRECT Answers
soft! - CORRECT ANSWERS wait!
yonder - CORRECT ANSWERS that one, over there--said of something at a distance but still
in sight
fair - CORRECT ANSWERS beautiful
envious - CORRECT ANSWERS jealous
thou - CORRECT ANSWERS you (subject)
maid - CORRECT ANSWERS unmarried (and thus virginal) girl--here assumed to be an
attendant on a great, aristocratic lady
vestal - CORRECT ANSWERS virginal--comes from the "vestal virgins" who cared for the
goddess Vesta's sacred fire in ancient Rome
livery - CORRECT ANSWERS clothing or costume worn by a servant
cast - CORRECT ANSWERS throw
discourses - CORRECT ANSWERS speaks
, 'tis - CORRECT ANSWERS it is
entreat - CORRECT ANSWERS to ask earnestly; to beg
spheres - CORRECT ANSWERS orbits
doth - CORRECT ANSWERS does
Ay me! - CORRECT ANSWERS Oh my!
o'er (pronounced "oar') - CORRECT ANSWERS over
upturned - CORRECT ANSWERS looking upward
bestrides - CORRECT ANSWERS stands upon or towers over
bosom - CORRECT ANSWERS literally, the human chest; figuratively, the most central,
important part of something
wherefore - CORRECT ANSWERS why
retain - CORRECT ANSWERS keep
owes - CORRECT ANSWERS owns, possesses