adamant
unyielding
behoove
benefit
bevy
group of people
burthen
burden
capacious
big enough to contain a large quantity
chanticleer
rooster
cognomen
nickname or name that describes somebody
con
to study or examine something with great care and attention
descried
caught sight of
despotic
tyrannical
dexterous
skillful; deft
domiciliated
provided with a place of residence
enter the lists
to begin to take part in a fight
errant
wayward
erudition
knowledge acquired through study and reading
ever and anon
frequently; often
fain
happily; with eagerness
ferule
an instrument of punishment used to strike children, such as a cane or rod
furbished
polished; restored to good repair
gambols
playful leaping around
harbinger
something that foreshadows a future event
Hessian
someone from Hesse, in Germany
imbibed
taken in and assimilated
inveterate
habitual or firmly established
itinerant
traveling from place to place
laud
high praise
linsey-woolsey
a coarse twill fabric
listless
lacking energy, interest, or the willingness to make an effort
niggardly
not generous
onerous
representing a great burden or trouble
peradventure
perhaps
perambulations
wanderings about on foot
pertinacious
determinedly resolute
pillions
a seat for a passenger behind the rider of a horse
potentate
somebody with great power or authority
propensity
a tendency to demonstrate particular behaviors
psalmody
the singing of psalms for divine worship
purport
meaning or significance
rantipole
wild; boisterous
ratiocination
logical argument
redoubtable
formidable
reverie
daydream; a state of idle, pleasant contemplation
roistering
carousing
sequestered
isolated, especially from the pressures of everyday life and its disturbances
sloop
single-masted sailing boat
snipe
a wading bird with a long straight beak
sojourned
stayed for a time in a specific place
stave
staff of music
stomacher
a stiff panel of material, often decorated with jewels or embroidery, worn over the chest and stomach of women in the 17th and 18th centuries
stripling
a boy in his early teenage years, who is not fully grown
sumptuous
extravagant; magnificent
supernumerary
extra; above the normal or required amount
syllogism
a formal logical argument made up of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
tractable
very easy to control; docile
varlet
rascal
weathercock
a weather vane shaped like a rooster
wended
traveled along a route
withe
a flexible twig or stem used to bind something
