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Romeo and Juliet
Vocabulary
| Vocabulary | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |