Romeo and Juliet Vocab 2
Order by
32 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Amorous | Strongly attracted or disposed to love, especially sexual love; Indicative of love or sexual desire; Of or associated with love; Being in love; enamored |
| Bauble | A small, showy ornament of little value; a trinket |
| Bawdy | Humorously coarse; risque; Vulgar; lewd |
| Blazon | Heraldry; To describe (a coat of arms) in proper terms; To paint or depict (a coat of arms) with accurate detail; To adorn or embellish with or as if with a coat of arms; To proclaim widely. |
| Choler | Anger; irritability |
| Dexterity | Skill and grace in physical movement, especially in the use of the hands; adroitness; Mental skill or adroitness |
| Disparage | To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle; To reduce in esteem or rank.(slander) |
| Dowdy | Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby; Old-fashioned; antiquated |
| Drivel | To slobber; Drool; To flow like spittle or saliva; To talk stupidly or childishly |
| Effeminate | Having qualities or characteristics more often associated with women than men; Characterized by weakness and excessive refinement. |
| Eloquence | Persuasive, powerful discourse; The skill or power of using such discourse; The quality of persuasive; powerful expression. |
| Frank | Open and sincere in expression; straightforward; Clearly manifest; evident. |
| Gossamer | A soft sheer gauzy fabric; Something delicate, light, or flimsy; A fine film of cobwebs often seen floating in the air or caught on bushes or grass. |
| Herald | A person who carries or proclaims important news; a messenger; One that gives a sign or indication of something to come; a harbinger; An official whose specialty is heraldry; An official formerly charged with making royal proclamations and bearing messages of state between sovereigns; An official who formerly made proclamations and conveyed challenges at a tournament (portentous) |
| Impute | To relate to a particular cause or source; To blame; To assign as a characteristic; credit |
| Intercession | Entreaty in favor of another, especially a prayer or petition to God on behalf of another; Mediation in a dispute (referee) |
| Invocation | The act or an instance of invoking, especially an appeal to a higher power for assistance; A prayer or other formula used in invoking, as at the opening of a religious service; The act of conjuring up a spirit by incantation (Seance); An incantation used in conjuring. |
| Loll | To move, stand, or recline in an indolent (lazy) or relaxed manner; To hang or droop laxly |
| Minstrel | A medieval entertainer who traveled from place to place, especially to sing and recite poetry; A lyric poet; A musician; One of a troupe of entertainers made up in blackface and presenting a comic variety show; A performance of such a show. |
| Perjury | The deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath; The breach of an oath or promise. |
| Portly | Comfortably stout; corpulent; fat |
| Poultice | A soft moist mass of bread, meal, clay, or other adhesive substance, usually heated, spread on cloth, and applied to warm, moisten or stimulate an aching or inflamed part of the body. |
| Rancor | Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will |
| Rapier | A long slender, two-edged sword with a cup-like hilt; A light, sharp-pointed sword lacking a cutting edge and used for thrusting. |
| Sallow | Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion |
| Saucy | Impertinent or disrespectful; Impertinent in an entertaining way; impossible to repress or control; Piquant; pert |
| Scathe | To harm or injure, especially by fire; To criticize or denounce severely; excoriate |
| Slander | Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation; A false and malicious statement or report about someone |
| Tedious | Tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring |
| Vile | Loathsome; disgusting; Unpleasant or objectionable; Contemptibly low in worth or account; second-rate; Of mean or low condition; Miserably poor and degrading; wretched; Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked. |
| Wanton | Immoral or unchaste; lewd (Bawdy); Gratuitously cruel; merciless; Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust; Unrestrainedly excessive; Luxuriant; overabundant; Frolicsome; playful; Undisciplined; spoiled. |
| Weal | Prosperity; happiness; The welfare of the community; the general good |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.