Romeo and Juliet: Acts I, IV, and V Vocab

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civil

adhering to the norms of polite social interaction

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disposition

mental outlook; tendency of one’s spirits

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endure

to hold against; sustain

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Grievance

resentment or complaint

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intrusion

wrongful entry

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revel

to take delight; to make merry

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spite

desire to harm or anoy

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vliant

boldly courageous or brave

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virtuous

conforming to moral principles

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act

major unit of action in a play

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scene

each act is divided further into scenes, which represent a different time and/or place

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lines

spoken words of the play, “sentences”

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Prologue

an introduction to a play or an act of a play

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oxymoron

figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms

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pun

multiple meanings of words that create a joke

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sibilance

repition of the s sound

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Archetype

a concept or person that has served as a prototype of an original idea

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foil character

two characters that oppose each other

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monologue

a long uninterrupted speech given by one character onstage to everyone

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soliloquy

a long uninterrupted speech given by one character alone on stage, inaudible to other characters

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aside

a short speech given by one character, traditionally the other characters cannot hear

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Irony

contrast between appearance and reality, reality usually opposite from what is seen

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imagery

descriptive words/phrases that allow the reader to almost see, hear, smell, taste, and touch what is being descibed

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detestable

hateful; vile

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heir

a person who inherits property of another

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lamentable

regrettable; unfortunate

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pensive

serious, full of thoughts

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prosperous

fortunate; successful

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receptacle

container; device that holds something

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30

redeem

to makeup for

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stifle

to smother; to crush or end by force

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wayward

turn away from what is right; disobedient

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Sonnet

a poem made up of 14 lines with a specific rhyming pattern

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aloof

at a distance; disinterested

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ambiguity

doubt or disbelief

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apothecary

licensed to prescribe medicine

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enmity

feeling or condition of hostility

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felon

wicked person, someone convicted of a felony

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infectious

tending to spread from one to another

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kindred

family; relationship by birth

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menace

threatens to cause evil

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scourge

to punish or criticize

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tedious

long and tiresome

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