Romeo and Juliet Vocab

Civil

relating to citizens

adversary

a person, group, or force
that opposes or attacks; an opponent or enemy

Augment

to make something greater by adding to it; increase

beget

to breed or give life

beseech

 to beg eagerly

chastity

 abstention from sexual intercourse

courtier

 an attendant at a royal court

flourish

to make dramatic, sweeping gestures

humor

 a mood, a whim, a state of mind

posterity

succeeding or future generations

pernicious

destructive; deadly, causing harm

portentous

significant; momentous

scathe

to harm

conceive

to imagine

feign

to act as if; to fake

idolatry

excessive adoration or devotion

inconstant

changeable; fickle

perjuries

lies; the willful giving of false testimony

rancor

hatred

profane

characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things

bedeck

to adorn, to clothe

chide

to express disapproval of ; to scold

consort

to associate with or keep company

effeminate

womanly

forbear

to refrain or abstain from

martial

inclined to war; warlike

purgatory

a place of temporary punishment or suffering