Romeo and Juliet vocabulary

Ambiguous

Ambiguous

Having morethan one meaning; unclear, uncertain

Ascend

To more upward, to rise from loweration

Augment

To make greater or to supplement

Baleful

Destructive, deadly

Beguile

To deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm

Boisterous

Rowdy, rough and stormy

Calamity

A serious event causing distress or misfortune

Dirge

Funeral hymn, lament

Disparage

To degrade,to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner

Dissemble

To disguise, to pretend

Engrossed

Completely occupied or absorbed

Enmity

Absolute hatred

Entreaty

A plea, an earnest request

Feint

A fake appearance, a fare punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow

Inauspicious

Unfavorable

Inundate

To flood, to overflow

Lament

To mourn or to express sorrow in demonstrative manner

Obsequious

Overly attentive, line a sycophant, servile

Penury

Extreme poverty

Perjury

False testimony under oath

Pernicious

Very destructive or harmful, deadly

Portent

Sign or forewarning

Posterity

Future generations, all descendants of a person

Prate

To talk idly or foolishly at great length

Presage

Something that foreshadows a future event; foreknowledge of the future.

Mollifying

Appeasing the anxiety or anger of someone (reduce the severity of; soften)

Vacillating

alternating or wavering between different opinions or actions; being indecisive.

Robust

Strong, healthy; vigorous

Elusive

Difficult to find, catch, and achieve Difficult to remember or recall

Gait

A person’s manner of walking