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Romeo & Juliet Vocab
Acts 1 - Acts 5 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adversaries | Opponent |
| Disposition | Temperament |
| Esteem | High Rank |
| Forfeit | Give up as punishment |
| Languish | long or pine for |
| Nuptial | wedding |
| Oppression | heavy weight on mind |
| Pernicious | deadly |
| Rapier | long, slender sword |
| Transgression | going beyond certain limits |
| Trespass | enter without permission |
| Valiant | brave |
| Augment | to increase, intensify |
| Chaste | virtuous, decent |
| Exquisite | special beauty |
| Grievance | complaint |
| Warrant | state with conviction |
| Purge | cleanse, forgive |
| Solemnity | being formal |
| Conjure | imagine |
| Idolatry | worship |
| Invocation | prayer |
| Perjury | perjury |
| Procure | obtain |
| Variable | changeable |
| Wanton | sexually active |
| Banishment | exile |
| Calamity | disaster |
| Commend | praise |
| Dexterity | skill |
| Prevail | triumph |
| Reconcile | settle |
| Vile | wicked |
| Abate | to reduce |
| Array | orderly dispose |
| Berguile | to deceive |
| Bier | structure for a coffin |
| Dirge | funeral hymn |
| Distraught | deeply worried |
| Fester | to develop pus |
| Prostate | to kneel |
| Receptacle | container |
| Shroud | burial cloth |
| Abhor | hate |
| Apothecary | druggist |
| Amorous | loving |
| Conspire | to plan secretly with |
| Devise | to plan |
| Dispose | to get rid of |
| Felon | criminal |
| Inter | burry |
| Paramour | lover |
| Sepulcher | tomb |
| Tedious | boring |
| Unsavory | unclean |