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Iolani Eng9 Q3 Vocab
Iolani Eng9 Q3 Vocab Romeo&Juliet
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prologue | n. An introduction or preface, especially a poem recited to introduce a play. |
| choler | n. Anger, irritability. 1:1:5 (Sampson): “I mean, and we be in choler, we’ll draw.” |
| valiant | adj. Possessing valor; brave. 1:1:9 (Gregory): “To move is to stir, and to be valiant, is to stand.” |
| profane | vt. 1) To treat with irreverence (“to profane the name of God”). 2) To put in an improper, unworthy or degrading use: abuse, violate. 1:1:85 (Prince): “Profaners of this neighbor-stainèd steel—“ |
| pernicious | adj. 1) Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly 1:1:87 (Prince): “the fire of your pernicious rage” |
| forfeit | n. Something surrendered or subject to surrender as punishment vtr. 1) To surrender, be deprived of, or give up the right to 1:1:100 (Prince): “Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.” |
| adversary | n. An opponent or enemy. 1:1:109 (Benvolio): “Here were the servants of your adversary” |
| augment | vt. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity: vi. To become augmented; increase. 1:1:135 (Montague): “With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew” |
| portentous | adj 1) Foreboding, full of unspecifiable significance: exciting wonder and awe. 2) Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty. 1:1:144 (Montague): “Black and portentous must this humor prove” |
| transgression | n. A violation of law, command or duty; the exceeding of due bounds or limits. 1:1:188 (Romeo): “Why, such is love’s transgression.” |
| propagate | vt. To cause to multiply, increase or breed1:1:190 (Romeo): “Which thou wilt propagate, to have it prest” |
| purge | vt. 1) To free from impurities; purify; cleanse. 1:1:194 (Romeo): “Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes” |
| vex | vt. 1) To annoy, as with petty things. 2) to puzzle. 3) To bring distress or suffering to 1:1:195 (Romeo): “Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears.” |
| assail | vt. 1) To attack as if with violent blows; assault. 1:1:216 (Romeo): “Nor bide th’ encounter of assailing eyes.” |
| posterity | n. Future generations. 1:1:223 (Romeo): “Cut beauty off from all posterity.” |
| bliss | n. 1) Extreme happiness; ecstasy. 1:1:225 (Romeo): “To merit bliss by making me despair.” |
| forswear | vt. 1) To renounce or repudiate under oath. 2) To make oneself guilty of perjury. vi. To swear falsely; commit perjury. |
| poised | adj. Marked by balance or equilibrium. Poise, n. Easy self-possessed assurance of manner vtr. To hold in equilibrium, to balance. vi. To be balanced or held in suspension. |
| nimble | adj. Quick, light or agile in movement or action; deft 1:4:15(Romeo): “With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead” |
| inconstant | adj. Changing often and without discernible reason; fickle. 1:4:100 (Mercutio): “And more inconstant than the wind, who woos” 4:1:119-120 (Friar): “If no inconstant toy nor womanish fear // Abate thy valor in the acting it.” |
| untimely | adj. 1) Occurring at an inappropriate time. 2) Premature adv.1) inopportunely. 2) Prematurely |
| disparagement | Disparage, vtr. To belittle or reduce in esteem 1:5:72 (Capulet): “I would not for the wealth of all this town/Here in my house do him disparagement” // |
| Disparage, vtr. To belittle or reduce in esteem 1:5:72 (Capulet): “I would not for the wealth of all this town/Here in my house do him disparagement” // | n. 1) An outward or token appearance. 2) The barest trace; a modicum 1:5:76 (Capulet): “An ill-beseeming semblance for a feast” |
| wax | vi. To increase gradually in size, number or intensity. 1:5:128 (Capulet): “Ah, sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late” |
| prodigious | adj. Impressively great in size, force or extent 2) Extraordinary; marvelous. 3) monstrous 1:5:142 (Juliet) “Prodigious birth of love it is to me/That I must love a loathèd enemy.” |
| invocation | n. 1) The act of summoning support or inspiration; especially an appeal to a higher power for assistance. 2:1:27(Mercutio): “That were some spite; my invocation/Is fair and honest” |
| discourse | vi. To speak or write formally and at length; to engage in conversation or discussion; converse. n. Verbal exchange; conversation. |
| enmity | n. Deep-seated, often mutual hatred. 2:2:73 (Romeo): “And I am proof against their enmity” |
| perjury | n. 1) In law, the deliberate, willful giving of false testimony under oath. 2) The breach of an oath or promise. Perjure (vt.): 1) In law, to give false testimony under oath. 2) To breach an oath or promise. |
| perverse | Adj. 1) Directed away from what is right or good; perverted. 2) Contrary; marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict. 2:2:96 (Juliet): “I’ll frown and be perverse and say thee nay,” |
| repose | n. 1) The act of resting or the state of being at rest. 2) Freedom from worry; peace of mind. vtr. 1) to lay oneself down. 2) to rest or relax oneself. |
| strife | n. Heated, often violent dissension; bitter conflict. 2:2:152 (Juliet): “To cease thy strife and leave to my grief.” |
| sallow | adj. Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion. 2:3:70 (Friar): “Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline!” |
| chide | vtr. To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand. vi. To express disapproval. |
| rancor | n. Bitter, long-lasting resentment or anger. 2:3:92 (Friar): “To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” |
| devise | vt. To form, plan or arrange in the mind. 2:4:186-7 (Romeo): “Bid her devise/Some means to come to shrift this afternoon.” |
| feign | vt. 1) a] To give a false appearance of 2:5:16(Juliet): “But old folks, many feign as they were dead” |
| unwieldy | adj. 1) Difficult to carry or manage because of bulk or shape. 2) Clumsy; ungainly. 2:5:16(Juliet): “Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead.” |
| consort | 1) To keep company; associate. 2) To be in accord or agreement. n. 1) A companion or partner, especially the spouse of a monarch. Music.: a] An ensemble of players. b] A group of instruments of the same family. |
| martial | adj. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war or the armed forces 3:1:163-4 (Benvolio): “And, with martial scorn, with one hand beats/Cold death aside” |
| dexterity | n. Skill and grace in physical or mental movement; adroitness. 3:1:164-6 (Benvolio): “And with the other sends/It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity/Retorts it.” |
| exile | vt. To send into exile, to banish. Noun. 1)a] Enforced removal from one’s native country. B] Self-imposed absence from one’s country. 2) The condition or a period of living away from one’s native country. |
| amorous | adj. Strongly attracted or disposed to love, especially sexual love 3:2:8 (Juliet): “Lovers can see to do their amorous rites.” 5:3:102-103 (Romeo): “Shall I believe // That unsubstantial Death is amorous” |
| garish | adj. Marred by strident color or excessive ornamentation; gaudy. 3:2:25(Juliet): “And pay no worship to the garish sun.” |
| tedious | adj. Tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring. 3:2:28(Juliet): “So tedious is this day” |
| bier | n. 1) A stand on which a corpse or coffin containing a corpse is placed before burial. 2) A coffin along with its stand. 3:2:60 (Juliet): “And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier!” |
| banish | vt. To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile. 2) To drive away; expel. 3:2:69 (Nurse): “Tybalt is gone, and Romeo banishèd” |
| dissemble | vt. 1) To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; disguise. 3:2:87 (Nurse): “All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.” |
| adversity | n. A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune. 2) A calamitous event. 3:3:55(Friar): “Adversity’s sweet milk, philosophy.” |
| rail | vi. To express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh or abuse language; scold. 3:3:119 (Friar): “Why railest thou on thy birth, the heaven, and earth?” |
| fickle | adj. Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious. |
| inundate | vtr. To overwhelm or cover, especially with floodwaters. 4:1:12(Paris): “To stop the inundation of her tears” |
| prostrate | vtr. To make (oneself) bow or kneel down in humility or adoration. adj. Lying face down, as in submission, adoration or exhaustion. 4:2:20(Juliet): “By holy Lawrenceto fall prostrate here” |
| melancholy | n. Sadness or depression of the spirits. adj. Affected with or marked by depression of the spirits; sad. 4:5:84-86 (Capulet): “All things that we ordainèd festival // Turn from their office to black funeral--//Our instruments to melancholy bells” |
| dirge | n. 1) Music: A funeral hymn or lament. 2) Lit: A mournful or elegiac poem or other literary work. 4:5:87-88 (Capulet): “Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast; // Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change” |
| penury | n. Extreme want or poverty. 5:1:49-52 (Romeo): “Noting this penury, to myself I said, // ‘And if a man did need a poison now // Whose sale is present death in Mantua, // Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him.’” |
| obsequy | n. plural obsequies. A funeral rite or ceremony. Often used in the plural. 5:3:16-17 (Paris): “The obsequies that I for thee will keep // Nightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep.” |
| inexorable | adj. Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless; unstoppable. 5:3:36-37 (Romeo): “More fierce and more inexorable far // Than empty tigers or the roaring sea.” |
| auspicious | adj. Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious 5:3:111 (Romeo): “And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars” |
| sepulcher | n. A burial vault. 5:3:140-141 (Friar): “Alack, alack, what blood is this which stains // The stony entrance of this sepulcher?” 5:3:206-207 (Lady Capulet): “O me, this sight of death is as a bell // That warns my old age to a sepulcher.” |
| ambiguity | n. Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation. 5:3:217 (Prince): “Seal up the mouth of outrage for a while, // Till we can clear these ambiguities.” |
| betroth | vtr. To promise to give in marriage, to promise to marry. adj. betrothed: Engaged to be married. n. betrothed: A person to whom one is engaged to be married. |
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