Act 4 & 5 Vocab (Romeo and Juliet)

Question 1

to cover with water, to flood, to overflow, to overwhelm

Answer 1

inundate

Question 2

deeply thoughtful, meditative, reflective

Answer 2

pensive

Question 3

characterized by a decided purpose, staunch, steadfast, determined

Answer 3

resolute

Question 4

violation of faith; betrayal of trust, treason, disloyalty

Answer 4

treachery

Question 5

easily bent, elastic, pliable, resilient

Answer 5

supple

Question 6

harsh, grim or desolate, extremely simple or severe dreary

Answer 6

stark

Question 7

a stretching out due to lacking vitality and being completely overcome

Answer 7

prostration

Question 8

to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner, to bemoan, to bewail

Answer 8

lament

Question 9

depression of spirits, soberly thoughtful, pensive, despondent

Answer 9

melancholy

Question 10

funeral hymn, lament, a slow mournful musical composition

Answer 10

dirge

Question 11

something that foreshadows a future event, foreknowledge of the future, to predict, to foreshadow

Answer 11

presage

Question 12

extreme poverty, destitution, indigence, want

Answer 12

penury

Question 13

to send away with promptness or speed; quickness, haste, expediency

Answer 13

dispatch

Question 14

courteous and gracious, friendly, strong, sweetened aromatic medicine, liqueur

Answer 14

cordial

Question 15

to read or examine, to read with thoroughness or care, to observe carefully

Answer 15

peruse

Question 16

placed in a grave or tomb, buried, buried hastily

Answer 16

interred

Question 17

unfavorable, unfortunate, ill predictions, ill omen, contrary to your welfare

Answer 17

inauspicious

Question 18

something that completely occupies or absorbs, preoccupies

Answer 18

engrossing

Question 19

to effectively oppose to stop, to prevent the occurrence of, to frustrate, baffle, foil

Answer 19

thwart