Can you name the word from each group of four that was not invented by Shakespeare*? by THEJMAN

Can you name the word from each group of four that was not invented by Shakespeare*?

created by THEJMAN

Enter a Non-Bard Word in the box below
Correctly named Non-Bard Words will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Some wrong answers will appear in red
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*Note: While some words' inventions are attributed to Shakespeare, it is often simply the first know public printing of the word. That is the definition I, and the source site, am/is using.
To clarify: I am not saying that William Shakespeare actually invented each of these words from scratch; rather, the words that this quiz claims were invented by the Bard are simply words which were first publicly published in works by Wiliam Shakespeare. Also, not all words were used in the same sense by Shakespeare as they are today.
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Words	Not Shakespeare's
¤Remorseless ¤Quasar ¤Frugal ¤Obscene
¤Negotiate ¤Maize ¤Fitful ¤Fortune-Teller
¤Divorce ¤Cruel Hearted ¤Unhand ¤Shooting Star
¤Gossip ¤Ostentatious ¤Stealthy ¤Moonbeam
¤Traditional ¤Personality ¤Clangor ¤Noiseless
¤Freezing ¤Collaborate ¤Flowery ¤Satisfying
¤Usher ¤Hobnob ¤Unearthly ¤Buzzer
¤Multitudinous ¤Bandit ¤Malady ¤Uncomfortable
¤Militarist ¤Restoration ¤Dalmatians ¤Yearn
¤Engagement ¤Whirligig ¤Bacon ¤Educate

Words	Not Shakespeare's
¤Revenge ¤Outbreak ¤Watchdog ¤Majestic
¤Savagery ¤Puking ¤Ill-Tempered ¤Unhinge
¤Bedazzled ¤Nomenclature ¤Lustrous ¤Sanctimonious
¤Restoration ¤Skim Milk ¤Gnaw ¤Alligator
¤Comply ¤Malignancy ¤Legitimate ¤Radiance
¤Droplet ¤Schoolboy ¤Sportive ¤Tumultuous
¤Critic ¤Ensnare ¤Levitate ¤Manager
¤Zany ¤Mimic ¤Task ¤Enrapt
¤Judgment Day ¤Ballet ¤Outweigh ¤Arch-Villain
¤Ensnare ¤Serenade ¤Puppy Dog ¤Dauntless

Words	Not Shakespeare's
¤Accommodation ¤Leapfrog ¤Excel ¤Inauspicious
¤Importantly ¤Eventful ¤Ladybird ¤Vesicle
¤Catastrophic ¤Besmirch ¤Published ¤Hunchbacked
¤Aristocrat ¤Addiction ¤Worthless ¤Suffocating
¤Pageantry ¤Expedience ¤Tongue-Tied ¤Carnage
¤Unappeased ¤Impartial ¤Demonstrate ¤Mortifying
¤Caliber ¤Lackluster ¤Luggage ¤Gallantry
¤Promethean ¤Birthplace ¤Unsolicited ¤Eagle
¤Perplex ¤Erupt ¤Aerial ¤Unmitigated
¤Scuffle ¤Bastard ¤Downstairs ¤Varied
¤Accommodation ¤Leapfrog ¤Excel ¤Inauspicious
¤Pageantry ¤Expedience ¤Tongue-Tied ¤Carnage
¤Freezing ¤Collaborate ¤Flowery ¤Satisfying
¤Engagement ¤Whirligig ¤Bacon ¤Educate
¤Caliber ¤Lackluster ¤Luggage ¤Gallantry
¤Aristocrat ¤Addiction ¤Worthless ¤Suffocating
¤Promethean ¤Birthplace ¤Unsolicited ¤Eagle
¤Unappeased ¤Impartial ¤Demonstrate ¤Mortifying
¤Militarist ¤Restoration ¤Dalmatians ¤Yearn
¤Savagery ¤Puking ¤Ill-Tempered ¤Unhinge
¤Restoration ¤Skim Milk ¤Gnaw ¤Alligator
¤Importantly ¤Eventful ¤Ladybird ¤Vesicle
¤Multitudinous ¤Bandit ¤Malady ¤Uncomfortable
¤Gossip ¤Ostentatious ¤Stealthy ¤Moonbeam
¤Bedazzled ¤Nomenclature ¤Lustrous ¤Sanctimonious
¤Ensnare ¤Serenade ¤Puppy Dog ¤Dauntless
¤Perplex ¤Erupt ¤Aerial ¤Unmitigated
¤Usher ¤Hobnob ¤Unearthly ¤Buzzer
¤Zany ¤Mimic ¤Task ¤Enrapt
¤Critic ¤Ensnare ¤Levitate ¤Manager
¤Judgment Day ¤Ballet ¤Outweigh ¤Arch-Villain
¤Divorce ¤Cruel Hearted ¤Unhand ¤Shooting Star
¤Catastrophic ¤Besmirch ¤Published ¤Hunchbacked
¤Traditional ¤Personality ¤Clangor ¤Noiseless
¤Droplet ¤Schoolboy ¤Sportive ¤Tumultuous
¤Revenge ¤Outbreak ¤Watchdog ¤Majestic
¤Remorseless ¤Quasar ¤Frugal ¤Obscene
¤Comply ¤Malignancy ¤Legitimate ¤Radiance
¤Scuffle ¤Bastard ¤Downstairs ¤Varied
¤Negotiate ¤Maize ¤Fitful ¤Fortune-Teller

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Choose One! It Ain't Shakespeare Quiz

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Created Sep 10, 2011 in Literature
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	shakescene:	Sep 10th, 2011 at 08:22 GMT		1 point
	There's absolutely no reason to keep these in strict order; no word appears in more than one cell and there's no guessing that's impeded by requiring this in order.

	druhutch:	Sep 10th, 2011 at 18:40 GMT		3 points
	This was damn near impossible. I could pick out certain words I knew he used but whether or not that was the first time they appeared in print was really difficult to determine. Still, fascinating to see what the man pulled out of the air when there wasn't an existing word that worked for him.

	dolebanana:	Sep 10th, 2011 at 18:54 GMT		1 point
	Some of these just baffle me. Was Bill Shakespeare the first one to discover alligators and Dalmatians? Was nothing ever frozen before the 1500s? Anyhoo, this is an awesome quiz. Solid 5/5.

	THEJMAN:	Sep 10th, 2011 at 20:22 GMT		1 point
	@all: I meant this to be a difficult quiz. It is meant to be informative, which I hope it is (as dolebanana said).

	FretfulP:	Sep 11th, 2011 at 17:08 GMT		2 points
	@dolebanana -- As the notes indicate, Shakespeare didn't invent most of these words as such. It's just that the oldest extant written document in which they appear happens to be by Shakespeare (and since the vast majority of written documents from the 16th century, as well as all of the spoken language, are lost past recovery, it's a good bet that people were talking and writing about alligators before Shakespeare came along, but we don't have a record of it). Also, note how many of these are compound words, or words formed by the addition of prefixes or suffixes; often the root words appears in an earlier text, but Shakespeare is the first person we know who used this particular form. (I'm betting there are probably older texts that mention Dalmatia, the region, for example; Shakespeare is just the first to turn it into a demonym.)

	feedthebirds:	Sep 14th, 2011 at 07:16 GMT		1 point
	7/30. Well this is awkward.

	raffeling:	Sep 22nd, 2011 at 18:23 GMT		1 point
	this was great fun - but restoration and ensnare both come up twice. If you've already answered the first time they appear, you know to rule them out.

	AK_WDB:	Sep 30th, 2011 at 15:41 GMT		1 point
	I was surprised I got 16/30. I didn't actually know any of them, so wouldn't have expected to get more than 25%. Seriously though, anyone who knows what a QUASAR is can probably figure out Shakespeare didn't invent that word.

	tjperiwinkle:	Nov 1st, 2011 at 19:56 GMT		2 points
	You have "ensnare" twice.