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WHHS Vocabular y #1
Romeo & Juliet #1
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| heretic | a belief which is against the principles of a particular religion |
| wormwood | a plant that yields a bitter extract used to flavor absinthe and formerly as a medicine for intestinal worms |
| hoodwinked | trick somebody: to deceive or dupe somebody, especially by trickery |
| nuptial | relating to marriage or weddings. |
| rapier | long, slender sword |
| choler | one of the four basic fluids (humors) of the body according to medieval medicine, thought to make somebody whose body contained too much of it prone to anger and irritability |
| banished | to exile somebody from a place, or send somebody to another place officially as a punishment |
| lamentation | an act or expression of grief or sorrow |
| fickle | changeable, especially as regards one’s loyalties |
| charnel-house | a building or vault in which corpses or bones were piled |
| dirge | a mournful song, piece of music, or sound, especially for the dead |
| apothecary | a person who prepared and sold medicines |
| amorous | strongly moved by love |
| visor | mask |
| doff | remove; take off |
| repose | to take a rest |
| rancour | hatred; bitter deep-seated ill will |
| jauncing | to walk or move in a spirited manner |
| sirrah | servant |
| woo | to date |