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Romeo & Juliet Vocab
Acts 1 - Acts 5 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Adversaries | Opponent |
Disposition | Temperament |
Esteem | High Rank |
Forfeit | Give up as punishment |
Languish | long or pine for |
Nuptial | wedding |
Oppression | heavy weight on mind |
Pernicious | deadly |
Rapier | long, slender sword |
Transgression | going beyond certain limits |
Trespass | enter without permission |
Valiant | brave |
Augment | to increase, intensify |
Chaste | virtuous, decent |
Exquisite | special beauty |
Grievance | complaint |
Warrant | state with conviction |
Purge | cleanse, forgive |
Solemnity | being formal |
Conjure | imagine |
Idolatry | worship |
Invocation | prayer |
Perjury | perjury |
Procure | obtain |
Variable | changeable |
Wanton | sexually active |
Banishment | exile |
Calamity | disaster |
Commend | praise |
Dexterity | skill |
Prevail | triumph |
Reconcile | settle |
Vile | wicked |
Abate | to reduce |
Array | orderly dispose |
Berguile | to deceive |
Bier | structure for a coffin |
Dirge | funeral hymn |
Distraught | deeply worried |
Fester | to develop pus |
Prostate | to kneel |
Receptacle | container |
Shroud | burial cloth |
Abhor | hate |
Apothecary | druggist |
Amorous | loving |
Conspire | to plan secretly with |
Devise | to plan |
Dispose | to get rid of |
Felon | criminal |
Inter | burry |
Paramour | lover |
Sepulcher | tomb |
Tedious | boring |
Unsavory | unclean |