Romeo and Juliet SAT vocab

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partisan

n. a weapon having a blade with lateral projections mounted on the end of a long shaft, used chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries; one who exhibits extreme or possible blind allegiance to a group

pernicious

adj. very destructive or harmful, deadly, baneful, detrimental

covert

n. secret, concealed, clandestine, furtive, stealthy

portent

n. a sign or forewarning; omen, warning

portentous

adj. momentous, having great significance

galling

adj. very irritating, vexing, bitter

gall

n. bile, an irritant, impudence, something bitter

accord

n. agreement, state of harmony, concur

according

adj. harmonious, agreeable

wanton

adj. immoral, lewd, licentious OR n. someone who is immoral or lewd

virtuous

adj. having excellent morals, righteous, ethical, noble

disparage

v. to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner, to belittle

disparagement

n. the act of disparaging, something that casts a bad light

profane

v. showing contempt toward sacred things; to violate, desecrate or defame

entreaty

n. a plea, an earnest request, appeal

entreat

v. the act of appealing or earnestly requesting

utter

v. to express by speaking, to speak, emit, pronounce

utterance

n. something spoken or pronounced

idolatry

n. worship of idols, excessive devotion, obsession, mania

repose

v. to lie or to be at rest; repose OR n. the state of being at rest, absence of movement, calm, peacefulness

air

v. to make a public utterance, to verbalize or speak

airy

adj. something that verbalizes or speaks

baleful

adj. destructive, deadly, malign, sinister, harmful

intercede

v. to intervene and to act as a mediator, to arbitrate or interpose

intercession

n. the act of intervening or mediating

forsake

v. to quit or to leave entirely, to depart or to withdraw from; leave, desert, abandon

forsaken

adj. something that has been deserted or abandoned

chide

v. to voice disapproval, to scold, admonish, chasten, chastise

rancor

n. bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity, animosity, or antagonism

discord

n. lack of agreement, tension, strife, contention, dissension

submissive

adj. yielding or surrendering oneself to the will of another; pliant, compliant, amenable, obedient

submission

n. an act or instance of submitting, yielding, or surrendering

feint

n. a false appearance, a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow, a trick

feign

v. to give a false appearance, to throw a fake punch

dexterous

adj. skillful and active with the hands; manually skillful, handy

dexterity

n. skill or cleverness in using the hands or body

dissemble

v. to disguise, pretend, to disguise the truth, give a false appearance, feign

dissembler

n. someone who disguises or hides the truth

beguile

v. to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm, to delude

calamity

n. a serious event causing distress or misfortune; cataclysm, catastrophe

perjury

n. false testimony under oath, bearing false witness, lying under oath

ascend

v. to move upward, to rise from a lower station, climb, advance

vexation

n. discomfort or distress; annoyance, nuisance, irritation

vex

v. to discomfort, annoy or irritate

inundate

v. to cover with water, to flood, to overflow, to overwhelm

inundation

n. an overflow, a flood

pensive

adj. deeply thoughtful, meditative, reflective

resolute

adj. characterized by a decided purpose, staunch, steadfast, determined

resolution

n. a formal expression of opinion or intention

treachery

n. violation of faith; betrayal of trust, treason, disloyalty

treacherous

adj. faithless, disloyal, treasonous

supple

adj. easily bent, elastic, pliable, resilient

stark

adj. harsh, grim or desolate, extremely simple or severe, dreary

prostration

n. a stretching out due to lacking vitality and being completely overcome

prostate

adj. completely overcome, falling down in submission

lament

v. to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner, to bemoan, to bewail

lamentable

adj. mournful or sorrowful

melancholy

adj. depression of spirits, soberly thoughtful, pensive, despondent

dirge

n. funeral hymn, lament, a slow mournful musical composition

presage

n. something that foreshadows a future event, foreknowledge of the future; OR v. to predict, to foreshadow

penury

n. extreme poverty, destitution, indigence, want

dispatch

v. to send away with promptness or speed; quickness, haste, expediency

cordial

adj. courteous and gracious, friendly; n. strong, sweetened aromatic medicine, liqueur

peruse

v. to read or to examine, to read with thoroughness or care, to observe carefully

interred

v. placed in a grave or tomb, buried, buried hastily

inauspicious

adj. unfavorable, unfortunate, ill predictions, ill omen, contrary to your welfare

engrossing

adj. something that completely occupies or absorbs, preoccupies

thwart

v. to effectively oppose or stop, to prevent the occurrence of, to frustrate, baffle, foil

rigor

n. strictness, severity, or harshness in dealing with people, full severity of the law