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Romeo and Juliet
Acts I and II Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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valiant | brave |
fray | brawl, fight |
profaner | one who treats sacred things with contempt |
pernicious | vindictive and wicked |
forfeit | something a person must give up as punishment for breaking the law or rules of a game |
adversary | enemy |
portentous | threatening |
transgression | the breaking of a law |
assail | attack violently |
anguish | great mental or physical suffering |
languish | to become weak; persistent disease |
counsel | advice |
waddle | to walk with short steps that cause the body to sway from side to side |
disposition | a settlement |
esteem | high rank |
oppression | something that weighs heavily on the mind, body, or senses |
boisterous | stormy; violent |
alderman | city ruler; a member of the city government |
athwart | across |
nuptial | a wedding ceremony |
rapier | a small sword; a long, slender two-edged sword |
endure | to last |
intrusion | an uninvited or illegal entry |
convert | to change into another form or thing |
trespass | to enter another’s property or land without permission |
conjure | to appeal to earnestly |
invocation | a serious request |
perjury | the telling of a lie while swearing to tell the truth |
variable | changeable |
idolatry | extreme devotion to a person or thing |
repose | to lie at rest |
procure | to get |
rite | a religious or other formal ceremony |
prate | to chatter |
fain | gladly |
herald | a person or thing that announces important news or events to come |
wanton | unrestrained |