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Romeo and Juliet
Vocabulary
Vocabulary | Definition |
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Beseech | Request Earnestly |
Mantle | Cloak; coat |
Dirge | Funeral Hymn of lament |
Profaners | Those showing irreverence for what is sacred |
Heretic | Person who holds opinions contrary to the beliefs of others in a group |
Rancor | Bitterness |
Benefice | A Church office endowed with fixed capital assets |
Appertaining | Belonging to as a proper function or part |
Chide | Espress disapproval |
Poultice | A soft, moist mass of bread, meal or clay |
Boisterous | Rough and stormy;noisy and excited |
prorogue | Discontinue a session |
lanuish | Be or become weak or feeble |
Tedious | Moving or progressing very slowly |
invocation | Incantation used in conjuring |
Discourse | Narrate or discuss |
Pernicious | evil;wicked |
validity | good health; how sound something is |
envious | jealous |
arbitrating | negotiating differences through and impartial third party |
Alderman | a member of the municipal legislative body |
Appertaining | Belonging to as a proper function or part |
Augmenting | Making something already developed greater |
Beguiled | Decieved by guile |
Benefice | A church offive endowed with fixed capital assets |
Consort | A companion |
Culled | Gathered; collected |
Enmity | Deep seated; often mutual hatred |
Esteem | Regard with respect |
Impeach | Challenge the validity of something |
Impute | To attribute or credit |
Inundation | Covering with water; swamping |
Lamentable | Causing grief |
Languish | be or become weak and feable |
Loathed | Dislikedf |
Obscured | Instinctly heard |
orisons | Prayers |
Penury | Destitution |
Portentous | Foreboding |
Posterity | Future Generations |
Predominant | Most common or conspicuous |
presage | An omen |
Purged | Freed from impurities |
Solace | Comfort in sorrow |
Transgression | Violation of a law |