R&J Vocab: Act 1&2

Question 1

Round Character

Answer 1

character with many personality traits

Question 2

flat character

Answer 2

one-dimensional character, with one trait

Question 3

dramatic foil

Answer 3

character who highlights traits of another character through contrast

Question 4

pernicious

Answer 4

causing great injury or ruin

Question 5

augmenting

Answer 5

increasing; enlarging

Question 6

grievance

Answer 6

injustice; complaint

Question 7

transgression

Answer 7

wrongdoing; sin

Question 8

heretics

Answer 8

those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachings of a church

Question 9

blank verse

Answer 9

unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter

Question 10

iambic pentameter

Answer 10

lines of five stressed beats in which every 2nd syllable is stressed

Question 11

cunning

Answer 11

cleverness; slyness

Question 12

procure

Answer 12

get

Question 13

vile

Answer 13

worthless

Question 14

prodominant

Answer 14

having dominating influence over others

Question 15

intercession

Answer 15

the act of pleading on behalf of another

Question 16

sallow

Answer 16

of a sickly, pale-yellowish complexion

Question 17

waverer

Answer 17

one who changes or is unsteady

Question 18

lamentable

Answer 18

distressing; sad

Question 19

unweidly

Answer 19

awkward; clumsy