Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary

blood feud

violent fighting between families for several decades or generations

chorus

person who comments on action before each act of a play

fate or fortune

destiny, idea that future events have been determined

star-crossed

thwarted by fate through the influence of the stars

household

immediate family plus servants and employees

Verona

city in Italy

mutiny

riot

quarrel

to fight

villain

evil-doer

airy

careless

sorrow

sadness or grief

fray or brawl

fight

mar

to scar

rank

rotting, smelly

valiant

brave, courageous

masque

masked ball

lusty

very interested in the opposite sex

cousin

any close relative

disparage

to insult or slader

profane

to treat something holy in an insulting way

pilgrims

people to traveled to the Holy Land for religious reasons

prodigious

extraordinary or unusual

loath

hate or despise

conjure

to make appear through magic

kinsman

close relative

procure

to find or make

brine

salt water, tears

bade

to order someone to do something

rancor

hatred

alliance

truce or agreement

shrift

sacrament of confession

consort

to associate with someone

mortal

deadly

effeminate

womanish

gallant

courageous

slay or slew

to kill

exile or banishment

forced to leave town and never return

wherefore

why

reconcile

to make up after an argument

chide

to scold or correct someone