Act I Vocabulary
- Solemnity (noun) – serious or solemn observance or ceremonial proceeding
- Profane (adj.) – unholy, defiled, impure
- Rapier (noun) – a sword
- Trifling (adj) – small, unimportant
- Saucy (adj.) – bold, impudent, insolent
- Enmity (noun) – hatred
- Shrift (noun) – confession
- Languish (verb) – to become less intense, to wane or abate
- Pernicious (adj.) – having a bad effort, damaging or detrimental
- Portentous (adj.) – ominous, threatening evil
- Prodigious (adj.) – marvelous, miraculous, wondrous
- Valiant (adj.) – brave, courageous, bold
- Assail (verb) – to attack with violent blows, to assault verbally
- Posterity (noun) – succeeding or future generations
Act Two Vocabulary
- Jest (verb) – to joke, prank
- Impetuous (adj.) – capable of sudden action, emotion or violence, brash, impulsive
- Judicious (adj.) – possessing sound judgment, cautious, shrewd
- Garish (adj.) – marred by excessive ornamentation; gaudy
- Chide (verb) – to scold, rebuke, reprimand
- Kindred (adj.) – same kind
- Idolatry (noun) – extreme devotion or worship of a person or thing
- Invocation (noun) – a prayer like speech; also conjuring or calling up of spirits
- Rancor (noun) – feelings of ill will, hatred, enmity, animosity
- Repose (noun) – time when one can relax
Act Three Vocabulary
- Dissembler (noun) – one who hides himself or puts on a false appearance
- Jocund (adj.) – cheerful, merry
- Puling (adj.) – whining, whimpering
- Agile (adj.) – well-balanced and quick on one’s feet, nimble
- Discord (noun) – lack of harmony
- Felon (noun) – criminal
- Beguile (verb) – to deceive or cheat
- Intercession (noun) – a plea on another’s behalf, mediation
Act Four Vocabulary
- Inundate (verb) – to overwhelm with something
- Shroud (noun) – cloth used to wrap a body for burial
- Resolve (noun) – firmness of purpose, determination
Act Five Vocabulary
- Scourge (noun) – a major affliction or hardship
- Caitiff (noun) – mean, evil person
- Inter (verb) – bury
- Penury (adj.) – impoverished, poor
- Pestilence (noun) – epidemic
- Apothecary (noun) – druggist
- Presage (verb) – to predict
- Inauspicious (adj.) – not promising
- Sepulcher (noun) – tomb
- Aloof (adj.) – showing no interest, withdrawn, uninvolved
- Peruse (verb) – to examine
- Inexorable (adj.) – impossible to persuade, to change or halt
- Obsequies (noun) – funeral ceremonies
Vocabulary list minus the answers at:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/252199624/Romeo-and-Juliet-Vocabulary-Worksheet
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