King John

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by  William Shakespeare

King John

Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®,
GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation

William Shakespeare

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King John

Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®,
GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation

William Shakespeare

PSAT® is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered
trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and
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sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management
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ISBN 0-497-25347-X
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Contents

PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR..........................................................................................1

PERSONS REPRESENTED................................................................................................3

ACT I................................................................................................................................5

ACT II.............................................................................................................................19

ACT III............................................................................................................................45

ACT IV............................................................................................................................73

ACT V...........................................................................................................................101

GLOSSARY...................................................................................................................125

William Shakespeare 1

PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this
edition of King John by William Shakespeare was edited for students who are actively building
their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®,
LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.1

Webster’s edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of
synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in
other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic
words and expressions are given lower priority in the notes compared to words which are “difficult,
and often encountered” in examinations. Rather than supply a single synonym, many are provided
for a variety of meanings, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of the English language,
and avoid using the notes as a pure crutch. Having the reader decipher a word’s meaning within
context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not
already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficult word is not noted on a page, chances are that it
has been highlighted on a previous page. A more complete thesaurus is supplied at the end of the
book; Synonyms and antonyms are extracted from Webster’s Online Dictionary.

Definitions of remaining terms as well as translations can be found at www.websters-online-
dictionary.org. Please send suggestions to [email protected]

The Editor
Webster’s Online Dictionary
www.websters-online-dictionary.org
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Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a
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this product. All rights reserved.

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PERSONS REPRESENTED

KING JOHN.%
PRINCE HENRY, his son; afterwards KING HENRY III.
ARTHUR, Duke of Bretagne, son to GEFFREY, late Duke of Bretagne, the elder
brother to King John.
WILLIAM MARSHALL, Earl of Pembroke.
GEOFFREY FITZ-PETER, Earl of Essex, Chief Justiciary of England.
WILLIAM LONGSWORD, Earl of Salisbury.
ROBERT BIGOT, Earl of Norfolk.
HUBERT DE BURGH, Chamberlain to the King.
ROBERT FALCONBRIDGE, son to Sir Robert Falconbridge.
PHILIP FALCONBRIDGE, his half-brother, bastard son to King Richard I.
JAMES GURNEY, servant to Lady Falconbridge.
PETER OF POMFRET, a prophet
PHILIP, King of France.
LOUIS, the Dauphin.
ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA.
CARDINAL PANDULPH, the Pope's legate.
MELUN, a French lord.
CHATILLON, Ambassador from France to King John.
ELINOR, Widow of King Henry II and Mother to King John.
CONSTANCE, Mother to Arthur.
BLANCH OF SPAIN, Daughter to Alphonso, King of Castile, and Niece to King
John.

Thesaurus
archduke: (n) elector, doge, grandee. n) paramount, essential, vital, radical. messenger, internuncio, consul,
bastard: (adj, n) illegitimate, fake; (adj) ANTONYMS: (adj) secondary, nuncio, ambassador.
spurious, phony, misbegotten, inessential, insignificant, minor, louis: (n) Joe Louis.
bastardly, adulterine, impure; (n) ordinal, unimportant. prophet: (n) augur, oracle, vaticinator,
whoreson, love child, illegitimate elder: (adj) older, big, adult; (n) dean, seer, predictor, diviner, forecaster,
child. ANTONYM: (adj) fathered. doyen, patriarch, ancient, boss, visionary, foreteller, priest,
blanch: (adj, v) whiten, bleach; (v) pale, elderberry, superior, presbyter. clairvoyant.
blench, whitewash, parboil, fade; ANTONYMS: (n) youngster, minor, servant: (n) manservant, domestic,
(adj) decolorize, achromatize, silver, child, inferior; (adj) youngest, lackey, maid, employee, flunkey,
tone down. ANTONYM: (v) flush. younger, little. retainer, boy, footman, flunky,
cardinal: (adj) capital, fundamental, legate: (n) envoy, delegate, emissary, menial. ANTONYMS: (n) master,
central, main, key, chief, primal; (adj, deputy, minister, representative, mistress.
4 King John
LADY FALCONBRIDGE, Mother to the Bastard and Robert Falconbridge.%
LORDS, CITIZENS OF ANGIERS, SHERIFF, HERALDS, OFFICERS,
SOLDIERS, MESSENGERS, ATTENDANTS AND OTHER ATTENDANTS.
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ACT I

SCENE I. NORTHAMPTON.
A ROOM OF STATE IN THE PALACE.%

[Enter KING JOHN, QUEEN ELINOR, PEMBROKE, ESSEX, SALISBURY,
and others, with CHATILLON.]
KING JOHN.
Now, say, Chatillon, what would France with us?
CHATILLON.
Thus, after greeting, speaks the King of France,
In my behaviour, to the majesty,
The borrow'd majesty of England here.
ELINOR.
A strange beginning:--borrow'd majesty!
KING JOHN.
Silence, good mother; hear the embassy.
CHATILLON.
Philip of France, in right and true behalf
Of thy deceased brother Geffrey's son,

Thesaurus
brother: (n) fellow, blood brother, mission, commission, errand, king, royalty, highness.
associate, counterpart, crony, ambassage, corps diplomatique, ANTONYMS: (n) austerity,
comrade, buddy, peer, chum, communication, cable, diplomat, simplicity.
sidekick, monk. ANTONYMS: (n) diplomatist. speaks: (n) talks.
enemy, opposer, opponent. greeting: (n) welcome, salutation, strange: (adj) foreign, peculiar,
deceased: (adj, n) departed; (n) dead address, greet, compliments, unusual, abnormal, outlandish,
person, cadaver, decedent; (adj) acknowledgment, accost, hello, hullo, irregular, odd, new, mysterious,
defunct, asleep, passed away, passed nod; (v) salute. ANTONYM: (n) extraordinary, curious. ANTONYMS:
on, extinct, lifeless, late. goodbye. (adj) ordinary, normal, familiar,
ANTONYMS: (adj) living, awake, majesty: (adj, n) grandeur, splendor, typical, usual, conventional,
animated. nobility; (n) dignity, loftiness, explicable, sensible, mainstream,
embassy: (n) legation, delegation, magnificence, stateliness, greatness, known, human.