Romeo & Juliet - Vocabulary
| Word |
Definition |
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| Dignity |
1) The quality or state of being worthy, honored, or esteemed 2) high rank, office |
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| Mutiny |
Forcible or passive resistance to lawful authority; especially: concerted revolt against discipline or a superior officer |
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| Piteous |
Of a kind to move compassion |
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| Toil |
Long strenuous fatiguing labor |
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| Valiant |
Possessing or acting with bravery or boldness |
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| Partisan |
A firm adherent to a party, a member of a party |
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| Wherefore |
For what reason or purpose |
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| rebellious |
Resisting treatment or management |
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| Pernicious |
Highly injurious or destructive |
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| Defiance |
The act or an instance of defying 2) disposition to resist; willingness to contend or fight |
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| Augment |
To make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
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| Vanity |
Inflated pride in oneself or one’s appearance |
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| Oppression |
Unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power |
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| Transgression |
Violation of a law, command, or duty |
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| Discreet |
Having or showing good judgment in conduct and especially in speech |
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| Reckon |
To regard or think of |
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| Anguish |
Extremne pain, distress, or anxiety |
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| Languish |
To be or become feeble, weak, or enervated; to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality |
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| Taint |
To contaminate morally |
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| Scant |
Barely or scarecely sufficient; not quite coming up to a stated measure |
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| Prolixity |
Unduly prolonged or drawn out; too long 2) the excessive use of words |
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| Amble |
Quick and light in motion; agile 2) marked by quick, alert, clever conception, comprehension, or resourcefulness |
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| Conjure |
To charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly 2) to summon by or as if by invocation or incantation |
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| Vow |
A solemn promise or assertion; one by which a person is bound to an act |
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| Beloved |
Dearly loved: dear to the heart |
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| Envious |
Painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage |
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| Entreat |
To plead with especially in order to persuade |
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| Perilious |
Exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost |
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| Enmity |
Hatred or ill will |
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| Fain |
1) happy, pleased 2) inclined, desirous 3) willing |
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| Substantial |
Not imaginary or illusory, real, true, important |
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| Diverse |
Differing from one another, unlike |
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| Virtue |
Conformity to a standard of right, morality, a particular moral excellence |
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| Vice |
A moral fault or failing, a habitual and usually trivial defect or shortcoming |
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| Forsake |
To renounce or turn away from entirely |
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| Alliance |
A bond or connection between families, states, parties, or individuals |
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| Rancor |
Bitter deep-seated ill will |
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| Lament |
To express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively |
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| Afflict |
To distress so severely as to cause persistent suffering or anguish |
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| Conceive |
To become pregnant with 2) to cause to begin |
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| Commend |
To entrust for care or preservation |
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| Warrant |
Sanction, authorization, evidence for or token of authorization |
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| Confound |
To bring to ruin |
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| Moderate |
Avoiding extremes of behavior or expression |
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| Pertain |
To belong as a part, member, accessory, or product |
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| Effeminate |
To have feminine qualities untypical of a man |
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| Lenient |
Of mild and tolerant disposition |
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| Amorous |
Strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
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| Tedious |
Tiresome because of length or dullness |
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| Banish |
To require by authority to leave a country |
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| Deceive |
To cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid |
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| Woe |
Grief, regret, or distress |
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| Absolve |
To set free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
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| Adversity |
A state, condition, or instance of serious or continued |
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| Dote |
To be lavish or excessive in one’s attention, fondness, or affection |
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| Disposition |
Prevailing, tendency, mood, or inclantion 2) the tendency of something to act in a certain manner under the circumstances |
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| Ascend |
To move upward To rise from a lower level or degree |
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| Digress |
To turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument |
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| Fickle |
Marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability, given to erratic changeableness |
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| Wit |
Reasoning power, intelligence |
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| Ingenuity |
Astuteness of perception of judgement |
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| Inundate |
To cover with a flood |
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| Chide |
To voice disapproval to reproach in a usually mild and constructive |
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| Loathsome |
Disgusting |
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| Lamentable |
That is to be regretted 2) expressing grief |