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Romeo and Juliet
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| open rebellion against authority, especially of sailors against superior officers | mutiny |
| bitter conflict, fighting or quarreling | strife |
| an absolute ruler, dictator or bully | tyrant |
| to be appropriate for, befit, suitable for | beseeming |
| confession of a priest | shrift |
| being pure or chaste, virginity, celibacy | chastity |
| deny, renounce under oath, reject, abandon, leave | forsworn |
| future generations collectively, all descendants of one person | posterity |
| authorization or certification, deserve, call for, justify | warrant |
| to effect, produce, bring by or as magic, to call up, to recall | conjure |
| worship, the religious worship of idols | idolatry |
| to leave altogether, abandon, turn your back on | forsake |
| scold, reprimand | chide |
| to curse, to invoke evil upon | beshrew |
| a high opinion of one's own abilities or worth, snobbery, arrogance | conceit |
| deserving pity, pathetic, sad | piteous |
| dead & decaying flesh | carrion |
| to go or move upward, rise, climb | ascend |
| not favorable, unpromising, ill-fated, gloomy | inauspicious |
| one who makes great sacrifices or suffers a lot to further a belief, cause, or principle | martyr |
| to bring or come to an end, stop | surcease |
| a funeral rite or ceremony | obsequies |
| strongly attracted or disposed to love | amorous |
| teacher's pet, follower, favorite | minion |
| an event that brings things a terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction, a disaster, catastrophe, misfortune | calamity |