Romeo & Juliet Pt. 2 Vocabulary (Acts 3 + 4)

Discord

lack of agreement, tension, strife, contention, dissension

submissive

adj. yielding or surrendering oneself to the will of another; pliant, compliant, amenable, obedient

n. an act or instance of submitting, yielding, or surrendering (submission)

feint

n. a false appearance, a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow, a trick;

v. to give a false appearance, to throw a fake punch (feign)

dexterous

adj. skillful and active with the hands; manually skillful, handy

n. skill or cleverness in using the hands or body (dexterity)

dissemble

v. to disguise, pretend, to disguise the truth, give a false appearance, feign

n. someone who disguises or hides the truth (dissembler)

beguile

to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm, to delude

calamity

a serious event causing distress or misfortune

perjury

false testimony under oath, bearing false witness, lying under oath

ascend

to move upward, to rise from a lower station, climb, advance

vexation

n. discomfort or distress; annoyance, nuisance, irritation

v. to discomfort, annoy or irritate (vex)

inundate

to-cover with water, to flood, to overflow, to overwhelm; inundation n. an overflow, a flood

pensive

deeply thoughtful, meditative, reflective derivatives: pensively, pensiveness

resolute

adj. characterized by a decided purpose, staunch, steadfast, determined

n. a formal expression of opinion or intention (resolution)

treachery

n. violation of faith; betrayal of trust, treason, disloyalty

adj. faithless, disloyal, treasonous (treacherous)

supple

easily bent, elastic, pliable, resilient

stark

harsh, grim or desolate, extremely simple or severe, dreary

prostration

n. a stretching out due to lacking vitality and being completely overcome

adj. completely overcome, falling down in submission (prostrate)

lament

v. to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner, to bemoan, to bewail

adj. mournful or sorrowful derivatives: laments, lamented, lamenting (lamentable)

melancholy 

depression of spirits, soberly thoughtful, pensive, despondent

dirge

funeral hymn, lament, a slow mournful musical composition