Romeo and Juliet Acts 1 and 2 Vocab
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MariahSimank on May 3, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Apothecary | one who distributes drugs, plants, herbs; as in an old-fashioned pharmacist |
| Assail | to attack violently with blows or words |
| Augment | to enlarge, increase or add to |
| Boisterous | loud, noisy, lacking discipline |
| Choler | unreasonable irratibility or anger |
| Disparage | to belittle or degrade; to "put down" |
| Disposition | attitude; temperment; state of being |
| Fortnight | two weeks |
| Nuptial | relating to marriage |
| Pernicious | very destructive, injurous, harmful, or deadly |
| Portentous | ominously signifigant as in defeat or failure |
| Prodigious | enormous or extraordinary in size or number |
| Shrift | the act of confessing sin to a priest |
| Transgression | sin or wrong doing |
| Visage | a face of a person; their expression |
| Conjure | to summon or appear |
| Consort | to keep compan with; to "hang out" with |
| Idolatry | the worship of an object as a god |
| Invocation | a serious request or prayer |
| Jest | a witty joke |
| Perjury | violation of an oath by lying |
| Procure | to gain possesion of |
| Prorouge | to prolong |
| Rancor | bitter resentment or ill-will; hatred; malice |
| Variable | able to change |
| Vex | to bring trouble, distress or annoyance |
| Wherefore | why? for what reason or purpose? |
| Sampson | Capulet servent |
| Gregory | Capulet servent |
| Abraham | Monatague servent |
| Balthazar | Montague servent |
| Benvolio | Monatgue nephew |
| Tybalt | Capulet nephew |
| Romeo | Montague son |
| Juliet | Capulet daughter |
| monolouge | long, uniterrupted speech delivered by one character; spoken where others can hear |
| Solioquy long | uniterrupted speech delivered by one character; who is usualy alone; reveals private thoughts and feelings |
| 3 people who gave a monolouge | prince, mercutio, nurse |
| 3 people who gave a solioquy | Friar Lawrenece, Romeo, Juliet |
| Aside | a few wordes spoken directly to the audience that other characters are not ment to hear; a "stage whisper" |
| 2 peoplw who said an aside | sampson, romeo |
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