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Vocab 11
Romeo and Juliet
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Calamity | n. an event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; a disaster; dire distress resulting from tragedy "calm" |
| Purgatory | n. a place or condition of suffering, expatiation, or remorse |
| Adversity | n. a state of hardship or affliction; misfortune; opposition adverse "beneficial state, fortune, period of good luck, good fortune" |
| Predicament | n. a situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult; a dilemma |
| Digress | v. to turn aside or away from the main subject in writing or speaking; to stray (off topic) "to stay on topic, to stay focused" |
| Sullen | adj. gloomy; somber; showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose; sulky "happy, joyous, excited" |
| Envious | adj. feeling, showing, or characterized by discontent and resentment aroused by desire for another’s possessions or qualities "content, satisfied" |
| Wary | adj. cautious "reckless, audacious, oblivious" |
| Omit | v. to fail to include or mention; to leave out; to pass over; to neglect "to include, to acknowledge, to incorporate" |
| Decree | n. an authoritative order having the force of law |
| Stealth | n. the act of moving, proceeding, or acting in a covert way; the bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a clandestine practice or action "loud, conspicuous, obvious" |
| Presage | n. a feeling or intuition of what is going to occur; an indication or warning of a future calamity or occurrence; an omen; v. to indicate or warn; to portend |
| Cull | v. to pick out from others; to select; to gather; to collect; to remove rejected members or parts from |
| Penury | n. extreme want or poverty; destitution "wealth, affluence" |
| Apothecary | n. a pharmacist; one who prepares and sells drugs and other medicines |
| Apprehend | v. to take into custody; arrest; to grasp mentally; to understand "to free, to let go, to release" |
| Sepulcher | n. a burial vault v. to put into to a burial or vault |
| Ambiguity | n. doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretations; something of doubtful meaning "certainty, definitiveness" |
| Condemn | v. to express strong disapproval of; to pronounce judgment against; sentence; to declare unfit for use or consumption "to approve, to sanction, to accept, to commend" |
| Tedious | adj. tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring "lively, zesty, exciting, entertaining, interesting" |
| Scourge | n. a source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation; a means of inflicting severe suffering, punishment, or vengeance |
| Discord | n. lack of agreement among persons, groups, things "harmony, agreement, acquiescence" |
| Brace | n. a pair of like things |
| Woe | n. deep distress or misery, as from grief or wretchedness; regret "happiness" |
| Woo | v. to seek the affection of with intent to romance "to ignore" |
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acfournier
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