romeo and juliet vocab 1

giddy

feeling silly, happy, and dizzy

woo

try to gain the love of (someone), especially with a view to marriage

heretics

a person believing in or practicing religious heresy

deformities

a deformed part, especially of the body; a malformation

knave

a dishonest and unscrupulous man

vestal

a chaste woman, especially a nun

proroguèd

discontinue a session of (a parliament or other legislative assembly) without dissolving it

jests

speak or act in a joking manner

peril

serious and immediate danger

hither

to or toward this place

baleful

threatening harm; menacing

doting

extremely and uncritically fond of someone; adoring

poultice

a soft, moist mass of material, typically of plant material or flour, applied to the body to relieve soreness and inflammation and kept in place with a cloth