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Romeo & Juliet Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| destructive | pernicious |
| exciting amazement or wonder | prodigious |
| angry | choler |
| natural attitude or manner towards things | disposition |
| to enlarge or increase | augment(ing) |
| exuberant; high-spirited | boisterous |
| to attack violently | assail(ing) |
| confession | shrift |
| violation of a law | transgression |
| indicating evil to come | portentous |
| to summon up a spirit by magic | conjure |
| to assosciate | consort |
| to postpone | prorogue |
| a continuing and bitter hate | rancor |
| telling of a lie while swearing to tell the truth | perjury |
| serious prayer or request for help | invocation |
| changeable | variable |
| a mocking remark or joke | jest |
| why | wherefore |
| to get | procure |
| to win | prevail |
| to deceive | beguile |
| rightfully belonging to | appertain(ing) |
| having feminine qualities | effeminate |
| to move quickly and easily | agile |
| showy, flashy, or gaudy | garish |
| causing despair, lacking merit | dismal |
| disaster | calamity |
| to live somewhere temporarily | sojourn |
| to hate violently | abhors |
| an overflowing | inundation |
| in thought | pensive |
| to settle differences between two parties | arbitrate(ing) |
| a person who dies, suffers, or makes a great sacrifice for a good cause | martyr |
| personal bravery | valor |
| expressing grief or sorrow | lament(able) |
| prayers | orisons |
| a supply or preparation | provision |
| to lessen or end | abate |
| worthy of being hated | detest(able) |
| an omen | presage |
| destructive, swiftly spreading disease | pestilence |
| to restrain people to prevent the spreading of disease | quarantine |
| unmovable, even by urgent begging | inexorable |
| inflicting punishment or pain out of revenge | vengeance |
| to read leisurely | peruse |
| a flag, badge or emblem | ensign |
| a secret lover | paramour |
| promising future failure or bad luck | inauspicious |
| to fully cleanse from impurity | purge |