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Act I-V vocab
Romeo and Juliet Act I- V Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adversaries | Enemies |
| dispositon | Judgement based on prior knowledge, predominant state of mind |
| esteem | to reguard highly or favorably |
| forfeit | a fine or penalty |
| languish | to become weak or feeble |
| nuptial | marraiage or having ti do with mariage ceremony, vows |
| rapier | sword |
| pernicious | deadly, fatal, evil, or wicked |
| oppression | an act of insistance |
| transgression | sin or violation of law |
| tresspass | causing injury to a person, property, or rights of another or wrongful entry to another’s land |
| valiant | boldly courageous, brave |
| augment | to make larger |
| chaste | refraining from sexual intercourse for morallity |
| exquisite | of special beauty or charm |
| warrant | authorization, sanction, or justification. |
| purge | to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify |
| solemnity | ernestness, act of being solemn |
| conjure | to perform illusions, like a magic trick |
| idolatry | the worship of idols or false gods |
| invocation | calling upon a higher power |
| perjury | telling of lies under oath |
| procure | aquire something by special means |
| variable | able to change or vary |
| wanton | without reguard for what is right or just |
| unwieldy | hard to handle because of being large or awkward |
| kinsmen | man or boy relative |
| rancor | a bitter deep resentment |
| chide | to tell someone off |
| vile | digusting |
| sallow | unnaturally pale, yellowish |
| waver | fluctuate between possibilities |
| lamentable | unsatisfactory, pitiful or deplorable |
| jest | playful joke |
| banishment | to exile from a place |
| calamity | a disastrous situation or event |
| dexterity | ease and skill in physical movement especially in using hands |
| prevail | to over come, or pove to be stronger |
| reconcile | to end conflict |
| gallant | courteous or thoughtful |
| fray | to wear away the edge of a surface, or cloth |
| agile | able to move quickly with supleness skill and control |
| marital | relating to marriage |
| exile | unwilling absence of home or place of residence |
| tedious | boring because of being long, or repetitive |
| valor | courage |
| fickle | likely to change |
| abhor | to disapprove or reject |
| revel | to take great pleasure in something |
| abate | to lessen or make something lessen |
| array | a large number or wide range of something |
| beguile | to win hold someones attention |
| bier | table a coffin or corpse is set on |
| dirge | hymn of mourning, funeral hymn |
| distraught | extremly upset distressed |
| fester | to produce pus because of an infection or become rotten |
| prostrate | to lie streched out face down, or to worship with head bowed |
| receptacle | a container that holds, contains |
| shroud | a cloth in which dead body is wrapped for burial |
| pensive | thinking deeply about something or in a sad manner |
| vial | small glass bottle made for medicine |
| enjoined | to command someone, or behave in a specific way |
| solace | comfort in a time of sadness |
| remnant | a small part of something that remains |
| apothecary | pharmacist |
| amorous | showing feeling of love |
| conspire | to plan or agree in secret to a subversive act |
| dispose | to give or incline to put in a particular order |
| felon | someone who is guilty of a felony |
| inter | to bury remains of corpse in grave ot tomb |
| paramour | lover |
| seplucher | vault where body is burried |
| unsavory | distasteful unpleasant |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| haughty | behaving in a superior way or acting arrogant |
| peruse | to read or examine |
| presage | a sign or warning to a future event |
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ldurham11
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