Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Definitions

Pilgrimage

a journey to a special or unusual place often for religious reasons

Subtly

causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed

Sullen

gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed

Vial

a very small glass or plastic container used for perfumes, medicines, etc.

Wayward

following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations

Abhorred

regarded with extreme repugnance

Ambiguities

words or expressions that can be understood in two or more possible ways

Haughty

blatantly and disdainfully proud

Meager

having little flesh

Obsequies

funerals or burial rites

Penury

the state of being very poor

Remnants

the part of something that is left when the other parts are gone

Scourge

an instrument of punishment or criticism

Sovereign

one possessing or held to possess supreme political power

Thwarted

opposed successfully