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Romeo and Juliet vocabulary
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Act I Scene I and II
Act I Scene III and VI
Act I scene V
Act II Scene 1 and II
Act II Scene III and IV
Act II Scene V and VI
Act III scene I
Act IV Scene III
Act V Scene III
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SHAKESPEARS DICTONARY
1. solemnity (noun) - serious or solemn observance or ceremnial proceeding
2. profane (adj.) - unholy, defiled, impure
3. rapier (noun) - a sword
4. trifling (adj) - small, unimportant
5. saucy (adj.) - bold, impudent, insolent
6. enmity (noun) - hatred
7. shrift (noun) - confession
8. languish (verb) - to become less intense, to wane or abate
9. pernicious (adj.) - having a bad effort, damaging or detrimental
10. portentous (adj.) - ominous, threatening evil
11. prodigious (adj.) - marvelous, miraculous, wondrous
12. valiant (adj.) - brave, courageous, bold
13. assail (verb) - to attack with violent blows, to assault verbally
14. posterity (noun) - succeeding or future generations
Act II
1. jest (verb) - to joke, prank
2. impetuous (adj.) - capable of sudden action, emotion or violence, brash, impulsive
3. judicious (adj.) - possessing sound judgment, cautious, shrewd
4. garish (adj.) - marred by excessive ornamentation; gaudy
5. chide (verb) - to scold, rebuke, reprimand
6. kindred (adj.) - same kind
7. idolatry (noun) - extreme devotion or worship of a person or thing
8. invocation (noun) - a prayer like speech; also conjuring or calling up of spirits
9. rancor (noun) - feelings of ill will, hatred, enmity, animosity
10. repose (noun) - time when one can relax
ACT III
1. dissembler (noun) - one who hides himself or puts on a false appearance
2. jocund (adj.) - cheerful, merry
3. puling (adj.) - whining, whimpering
4. agile (adj.) - well-balanced and quick on one’s feet, nimble
5. discord (noun) - lack of harmony
6. felon (noun) - criminal
7. beguile (verb) - to deceive or cheat
8. intercession (noun) - a plea on another’s behalf, a mediation
Act Four Vocabulary
1. inundate (verb) - to overwhelm with something
2. shroud (noun) - cloth used to wrap a body for burial
3. resolve (noun) - firmness of purpose, determination
ACT 5
1. scourge (noun) - a major affliction or hardship
2. caitiff (noun) - mean, evil person
3. inter (verb) - bury
4. penury (adj.) - impoverished, poor
5. pestilence (noun) - epidemic
6. apothecary (noun) - druggist
7. presage (verb) - to predict
8. inauspicious (adj.) - not promising
9. sepulcher (noun) - tomb
10. aloof (adj.) - showing no interest, withdrawn, uninvolved
11. peruse (verb) - to examine
12. inexorable (adj.) - impossible to persuade, to change or halt
13. obsequies (noun) - funeral ceremonies
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