R&J Vocab 1 Flashcards

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Star-crossed

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  • Adj

- ill fated

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Mutiny

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  • N
  • Rebellion
    Syn - Insurgence

Mutinous (Adj)
Mutinously (Adv)

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Pernicious

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  • Adj
  • Highly destructive
    Syn - Noxious

Perniciously (Adv)
Perniciousness (N)

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Adversary

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  • N
  • An enemy
    Syn - Antagonist

Adversarial (Adj)

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Fray

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  • N

- A fight

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Raper

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  • N

- A small sword

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Solemnity

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  • N

- Serious tone (for a celebration)

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Gall

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  • N
  • Bitterness
    Syn - Rancor
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Prodigious

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  • Adj
  • Abnormal
  • Unlucky
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Conjure

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  • V

- To make, create, or influence as if by spell

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Wherefore

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  • Adv

- Why?

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Doff

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  • V

- To get rid of

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Bescreened

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  • V

- To be hidden

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Counsel

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  • N

- Private or secretive thoughts

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Enmity

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  • N
  • Hatred or malice
    Syn - rancor
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Prorogue

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  • V

- To postpone or suspend

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Variable

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  • Adj
  • Constantly changing
    Syn - fickle
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Shrive

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  • V
  • To be guilt free through confessing sin

Shrove
Shriven
Shrift (N)

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Vile

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Adj

Wretchedly bad

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Gallant

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Brave

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Banishment

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Exile

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Calamity

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Disaster

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Prevail

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To defeat, win, or overcome

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Reconcile

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To make peace

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Commend

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To praise

Syn- extol, laud

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Abhor

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To hate

Syn- loathes

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Pensive

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Full of thought

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Vial

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A small container for holding liquids

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Prostrate

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Face down

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Fester

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To generate pus, to decay or rot

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Shroud

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A cloth for burial

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Distraught

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Deeply upset and agitated

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Beguile

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To cheat

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Durge

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A funeral song

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Amorous

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Strongly attracted to love

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Sepulcher

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Brutal fault or tomb

Syn- mausoleum

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

Syn- indulgence, destitution