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Romeo & Juliet Vocab

Freshmen English - Fader

TermDefinition
pernicious destructive
Prodigious exciting, amazement
Choler the quality or state of being bilious - anger
Disposition the tendency of something to act in a certain manner under given circumstances - Manner/attitude
augment (ing) to enlarge or increase
boisterous noisily rough, exuberant
assail (ing) to attach violently with words or blows
shrift confession
transgression a sin that has been committed or a law that has been broken
portentous indicating civil to come; threatening, foreshadowing for evil
conjure magic, summon up a spirit
consort associate
prorogue postpone
rancor continuing and bitter hate
perjury telling of a lie, swearing to tell the truth
invocation pray (serious) request for help
variable changeable
jest making remark, joke
wherefore why
procure to get
prevail to win
beguile to deceive
appertain (ing) rightfully belonging to
effeminate having feminine qualities
agile to move quickly and easily
garish show, flashy, or gaudy
dismal causing disparity lacking merit
calamity disaster
sojourn to live somewhere temporarily
abhors to hate violently
inundation an overflowing
pensive in thought
arbitrate to settle differences between 2 parties
martyr a person who dies, suffers, or makes a sacrifice for a cause
valor personal bravery
lament expressing grief / sorrows
orisons prayers
provision a supply or preparation
abate to lessen or end
detest worthy of being hated
presage an omen
pestilence a destructive, swiftly spreading disease
quarantine to restrain a disease
inexorable unmovable, even by urgent begging
vengeance inflicting punishment or pain out of revenge
peruse to read leisurely
ensign a flag, badge or emblem
paramour a secret lover
inauspicious not conducive to success; unpromising
purge promising future failure or bad luck
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