Romeo and Juliet Vocab 1

Romeo and Juliet Act I Vocabulary

1. mutiny – (n.) forcible or passive resistance to lawful authority; riot

2. strife – (n.) bitter, sometimes violent conflict

3. unrequited – (adj.) not returned or repaid

4. partisans – (n.) a weapon of the 16^th or 17^th century with a long shaft and broad blade

5. pernicious – (adj.) injurious or harmful

6. adversary – (n.) one that contends with, opposes, or resists

7. fray – (n.) fight or skirmish

8. augmenting – (v.) to make greater, more numerous, or larger

9. shun – (v.) to avoid deliberately

10. portentous – (adj.) foreboding

11. transgression – (n.) sin; infringement or violation of the law

12. propagate – (v.) to pass along to offspring

13. fume – (n.) odor; smoke

14. assail – (v.) to attack violently with blows or words

15. posterity – (n.) all future generations; descendants

16. exquisite – (adj.) of extreme refinement

17. languish – (v.) to be or become feeble or weak

18. heretic – (n.) one who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine

19. trudge – (v.) to walk or march steadily

20. boisterous – (adj.) rowdy; loud

21. amble – (v.) to saunter; to move with an easy gait

22. rapier – (n.) a straight two-edged sword with a narrow pointed blade

23. marzipan – (n.) confection of crushed almonds or almond paste, sugar, and egg whites

antic – (n.) an attention drawing often wildly playful or funny act