Flashcards: romeo + juliet vocab for act 1
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berniebrug1 on April 15, 2010
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Holton Class of 2013, Holton 8th Grade, Strawberry and Kiwi Club, HAS History 8, Hughes, Dillion, Cutts
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 prolixity | the state of being tediously prolonged, wordy |
| wit | senses |
| alderman | a member of the municipal legislative body in a town or city |
| begot | to cause to exist, produce |
| inconstant | changing or varying, especially often and without discernible pattern or reason |
| rapier | a double- edged sword |
| wherefore | for what purpose or reason, why |
| portly | comfortably stout, corpulent |
| disparagement | communication that belittles somebody or something |
| prodigious | impressively great in size, force or extent |
| choler | anger, irritability |
| pernicious | causing great harm |
| covert | a covered place or shelter; a hiding place |
| augmenting | to make greater, as in size, extent or quality |
| transgression | a violation of a law, command or duty |
| propagate | to cause to extend to a broader area, to spread |
| gall | bitterness of feeling, rancor |
| chastity | virginity |
| marred | having the surface injured or disfigured; blemished by rough wear or injury |
| heretics | a person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church |