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vocab
english romeo and juliet vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pernicious | very harmful or destructive |
| adversary | person, group, or force that opposese or attacks, enemy |
| importuned | to make urgent or perisistent requests |
| shrift | confession of sins to a preist |
| heretics | a person who holds controversial |
| poised | composed, dignified, and self assured |
| perilous | hazardous, dangerous |
| consent | permission, approval, or agreement |
| prolouge | an introductory speech often in verse, calling attention to theme of a play |
| nimble | quick and light in movement, moving with ease |
| woe | grevious distress,affliction, or trouble |
| boisterous | rough and noisy, noisily jolly or rowdy |
| visage | face or facial expression of a person |
| idle | not working or active |
| woo | to seek the favor, affection, or love of |
| revels | an occasion of noisy festivity with dancing |
| virtuous | conforming to moral and ethical principles, morally upright |
| purged | to rid something of whatever is impure or undesirable, purify |
| prodigious | extraordinary in size, amount, degree, or force |