english romeo and juliet vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 dignity | high rank, office |
| mutiny | forcible or passive resistance to law |
| piteous | evoking compassion or pity |
| toil | long fatiguing labor |
| valiant | courageous, possessing or acting with bravery and boldness |
| partisan | a devoted supporter of a party, faction, cause, or person |
| wherefore | why |
| rebellious | challenging or defying authority |
| pernicious | highly destructive, deadly |
| defiance | the act of going against authority |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous |
| vanity | inflated pride in oneself of one's appearance |
| oppression | unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power |
| transgression | violation of a law, command or duty |
| discreet | having or showing good judgement in conduct especially in speech |
| reckon | to regard or think of as: consider |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or sorrow |
| languish | to become feeble or weak |
| scant | barely or scarcely sufficient; having a small supply |
| prolixity | prolonged or drawn out; too long |
| amble | walk slowly |
| conjure | to summon by or as if by invocation, incantation |
| vow | a solemn promise |
| beloved | dearly loved; dear to the heart |
| envious | painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another with a desire to posses the same advantage; jealous |
| entreat | to please with especially in order to persuade, ask |
| perilious | exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost |
| enmity | hatred or ill will |
| fain | willing, happy to |
| substantial | ample to satisfy, nourish |
| diverse | differing from one another, composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities |
| virtue | a particular moral excellence |
| vice | a moral fault or failing |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away, abandon |
| alliance | a bond or connection between families, states, parties, or people |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| lament | to express sorrow, mourning, regret |
| afflict | to distress so severely as to cause persistent suffering |
| conceive | to become pregnant with, to cause to begin |
| commend | to entrust for care or preservation |
| warrant | assure |
| confound | to bring to ruin, confuse |
| moderate | avoiding extremes of behavior or expression; observing reasonable limits |
| pertain | to belong as a part, member, accessory, or product |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man: not manly in appearance or manner |
| lenient | of mild and tolerant disposition, indulgent |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| tedious | tiresome because of length or dullness |
| banish | to require by authority to leave a country |
| deceive | to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid, mislead |
| woe | grief, regret, or distress |
| absolve | to set free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| adversity | a state, condition, or instance of serious or continued mis-fortune |
| dote | to be excessive in one's attention, fondness, or affection |
| disposition | prevailing tendency, mood, or inclination: the tendency of something to act in a certain manner under given circumstances |
| ascend | to move upward: to rise from a lower level or degree |
| disgress | to turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability: given to erratic change |
| wit | reasoning power: mental capability and resourcefulness: astuteness or perception or: clever or apt humor |
| inundate | to cover with a flood, overflow, overwhelm |
| chide | to voice disapproval to: reproach in a usually mild and constructive manner, scold |
| loathsome | disgusting |
| lamentable | this to be regretted, expressing grief, mournful |
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