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romeo + juliet vocab
romeo and juliet vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dignity | quality or state of being worthy, honored, or esteemed. high rank, office |
| mutiny | forcible or passive resistance to lawful authority, especially concerted revolt (as of a naval crew) against discipline or a superior officer |
| piteous | of a kind to move compassion |
| toil | long, strenuous, fatiguing labor |
| valiant | worthy, strong, courageous, possessing or acting with bravery or boldness |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person especially one exhibiting blind, prejudiced and unreasoning allegiance; a member ofabodyof detached lighttroops makingforaysandharassinganenemy,a member of a guerrilla band operating within enemy lines |
| wherefore | for what reason or purpose, why |
| rebellious | resisting treatment or management |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive, deadly |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying; disposition to resist, willingness to contend |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| vanity | inflated pride in oneself or one's appearance, conceit |
| oppression | unjust or cruel excercise of authority or power, something that opresses especially in being an unjust or excessive exercise of power; a sense of being weighed down in body or mind, depression |
| transgression | violation of law, command, or duty |
| discreet | having or showing good judgement in conduct and especially in speech, prudent |
| reckon | to regard or think of as, consider; think, suppose; judge |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| languish | to become or become feeble, weak, or enervated, to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality |
| taint | to contaminate morally, corrupt |
| scant | barely or scarcely sufficient; lacking in amplitude or quantity; having a small or insufficient supply |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out, too long; the excessive use of words |
| amble | quick and light in motion, agile; marked by quick, alert, clever conception, comprehension, or resourcefulness |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly; to summon by or as if by invocation or incantation |
| vow | a solemn promise or assertation, one by which a person is bound to act, service, or condition |
| beloved | dearly loved, dear to the heart |
| envious | painful or resentful of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade, ask urgently |
| perilious | exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost |
| enmity | hatred or ill will |
| fain | happy, pleased; inclined, desirous; willing |
| substantial | not imaginary or illusory, real, true, important, essential; ample to satisfy and nourish |
| diverse | differing from one another; composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities |
| virtue | a conformity to a standard of right; a particular moral excellence; a beneficial quality or power of a thing |
| vice | a moral fault or failing, a habitual and usually trivial defect or shortcoming |
| foresake | to renounce or turn away entirely |
| alliance | a bond or connection between families, states, parties, or individuals; an association to further the common interests of the members; a union by relationship in qualities |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| lament | to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively |
| afflict | to distress so severly as to cause persistent suffering or anguish |
| concieve | to become pregnant with; to cause to begin; to take into one's mind |
| commend | to entrust for care or preservation; to recommend as worthy of confidence or notice |
| warrant | sanction, authorization; evidence for or token of authorization; proof, conformation |
| confound | to bring to ruin; baffle; to throw into confusion or perplexity |
| moderate | avoiding extremes of behavior or expression; calm, temperate |
| pertain | to belong as a part, member, accessory, or prodcuct; to belong as an attribute, feature, or function |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man; not manly in appearance or manner |
| lenient | of mild and tolerant disposition |
| amorous | strongly moved by love especially sexual love |
| tedious | tiresome because of length or dullness |
| banish | to require by authority to leave a country |
| decieve | to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid |
| woe | grief or regret or distress |
| absolve | to set free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| adversity | a state, condition, or instance of serious or continued... misfortune |
| dote | to be lavish or excessive in one's attention, fondvess, or affection |
| disposition | prevailing tendency, mood, or inclination or tempermental makeup; the tendency of something to act in a certain manner under given circumstances |
| ascend | to move upward, to slope upward; to rise from a lower level or degree, to go back in time or in order of genealogical succession |
| digress | to turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of arguement |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constance, or stability; given to erratic changeableness |
| wit | reasoning power, mental capability and resourcefulness; astuteness of perception or judgement, a talent for banter or persiflage, clever or apt humor |
| inundate | to cover with a flood, overflow, overwhelm |
| chide | to voice disapproval to, reproach in a usually mild constructive manner, scold |
| loathsome | disgusting |
| lamentable | that is to be regretted; expressing grief, mournful |
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