Honors English - Romeo and Juliet Vocab. (Act 1 & 5)

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Abhorred

Regard with disgust and hatred

Adversary

One's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

Ambiguities

The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness

Augmenting

Make (something) greater by adding to it; increase

Beseech

Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat

grievance

A real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment

Haughty

Arrogantly superior and disdainful

Heretics

A person believing in or practicing religious heresy

Meager

(Of something provided or available) Lacking in quantity or quality

Merit

The quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward

Obsequies

Funeral rites

Penury

Extreme poverty; destitution

Pernicious

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

Quarrel

A heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good terms

Remnants

A small remaining quantity of something

Scourge

Something causing misery or death

Solemnity

A trait of dignified seriousness

Sovereign

A supreme ruler, especially a monarch

Thwarted

Hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire

Transgression

An act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offense