Romeo and Juliet All vocab winter term

piteous adj.

sad, pitiful

tyrant n.

a cruel, oppressive ruler

pernicious adj.

harmful, destructive

defiance n.

bold resistance, opposition

augmenting v.

increasing, adding to

portentous adj.

foreshadows, warns

posterity n.

descendants, family lineage

perilous adj.

very dangerous, hazardous

valiant adj.

courageous, determined

nimble adj.

sprightly, lively

visage n.

facial expression, countenance

parson n.

a minister, a paster

bodes v.

ominous, foreboding

revels n.

celebrations, festivities

loathed adj.

hated, detested

invocation n.

summoning, calling forth

discourses v.

speaks, communicates

kinsmen n.

family members, relatives

enmity n.

hostility, hatred

perjuries n.

broken vows or oaths

impute v.

attribute

procure v.

persuade or cause to

sallow adj.

sickly, pale

waverer n.

one who changes or fluctuates

drivelling n.

rambling, babbling

bawdy adj.

indecent, nauty

commend v.

entrust, deliver

confounds v.

ruins, confuses

abroad adv.

out and about, away from home

forbear v.

refrain from, avoid

effeminate adj.

unmanly, womanly

valour n.

courage, bravery

strife n.

conflict, bitter disagreement

amorous adj.

displaying romantic love or desire

garish adj.

overly bright, gaudy

eloquence n.

fluent, articulate, and persuasive speech

dissemblers n.

hypocrites, deceivers

chide v.

ordered, commanded

banished v.

exiled, deported

lamentation n.

expression of sorrow, grief

carrion adj.

dead and rotting animal flesh

digressing v.

departing from, deviating from

pensive adj.

Reflective, introspective

Rouse v.

Waken, bring out of sleep

Abate v,

Weaken, Diminish

Prostrate adv.

Lying flat with head and arms stretched out: sign of worship

Provision n.

Necessary food and supplies

Wayard adj.

Disobedient, willful

Dismal adj.

sad, melancholy

Shroud n.

Cloth used to wrap a body for burial

Haste n.

Rapid pace, urgency of movement

Warrant v.

Attest, guarantee

Solace v.

Comfort or console in the time of sadness

Beguiled adj.

Cheated, deceived, tricked

Solemnity n.

Formal, dignified ceremony

Dirges n.

Funeral hymns or laments

Amended v.

Revised, improved

Doleful adj.

Sorrowful, bleak

Redress n.

Comfort, remedy

Pestilent adj.

annoying, troublesome

Apothecary n.

A pharmacist

Penury n.

Extreme poverty

Pestilence n.

Bubonic plague

Strew v.

Scatter, spread

Inexorable adj.

Unstoppable, unavoidable

haughty adj.

arrogant, conceited

affright v.

frighten, terrify

peruse v.

examine with care, study

interred v.

placed in a tomb

inauspicious adj.

Unfavorable, unlucky

sepulchre n.

A tomb, mausoleum

Contagion n.

illness, infection

woe n.

sadness, sorrow

Mischance n.

bad luck, misfortune

Perforce adv.

Inevitably, forced by circumstance

Scourge n.

curse, plague