Romeo and Juliet

Question 1

filial

Answer 1

relating/due to offspring, sons, daughters

Question 2

enmities

Answer 2

state of being active opposition/hostility

Question 3

lineage

Answer 3

direct descent from an ancestor

Question 4

domineer

Answer 4

assert one’s will over another’s in an arrogant way

Question 5

courtier

Answer 5

who attends the royal court as companion/advisor to the king/queen

Question 6

chastened

Answer 6

have a restraining/moderate effect on something

Question 7

exalt

Answer 7

think/speak very highly of something

Question 8

celibacy

Answer 8

the state of abstaining from marriage or sexual relations

Question 9

linchpin

Answer 9

person/thing vital to an organisation

Question 10

cudgel

Answer 10

a sort and thick stick used as a weapon

Question 11

ardour

Answer 11

passion/enthusiasm

Question 12

ardent

Answer 12

burning/glowing with enthusiasm/passion

Question 13

monogamous

Answer 13

involved in marriage to 1 person at a time

Question 14

luminous

Answer 14

giving of shine bright light
capable of enlightening

Question 15

irradiate

Answer 15

expose someone to enlightenment
(literally: expose someone to radiation)

Question 16

incredulous

Answer 16

unwilling/unable to believe in something

Question 17

burgeon

Answer 17

begin to grow/bloom/increase = floursish

Question 18

sublimation

Answer 18

the act of expressing strong emotions

Question 19

bourgeois

Answer 19

belonging/relating to the middle class, referencing to its materialistic values

Question 20

rhetoric

Answer 20

language designed to have persuasive effects but regarded as lacking in sincerity

Question 21

reproach

Answer 21

express disapproval/disappointment

Question 22

fallacy

Answer 22

a mistaken belief

Question 23

impede

Answer 23

prevent/delay something to happen, by obstructing it

Question 24

gratify

Answer 24

please, satisfy

Question 25

lust

Answer 25

strong sexual desire

Question 26

cliché

Answer 26

a thought/idea that shows lack of originality, predictable

Question 27

infatuation

Answer 27

intense but short-lived passion

Question 28

thy

Early Modern English

Answer 28

your

Question 29

rote

Answer 29

habitual repetition of something, with ta belief that you’ll learn it by doing so

Question 30

wench

Answer 30

young girl/woman
a prostitute

Question 31

loll

Answer 31

sit, stand, lie in a very relaxed way

Question 32

bawdry

Answer 32

obscenity in speech/writing

Question 33

obscence

Answer 33

describing an act or statement that offends that prevalent morality of the time

Question 34

implicit

Answer 34

suggested but not directly expressed

Question 35

propagate

Answer 35

spread, promote (an idea)

Question 36

contempt

Answer 36

regarding someone as inferior/worthless

Question 37

derision

Answer 37

contemptuous mocking

Question 38

carnel

Answer 38

relating to physical, especially sexual

Question 39

discourse

Answer 39

written/spoken communication/debate

Question 40

hedonism

Answer 40

the philosophy that consider pleasure as the highest value;
promote sensual self-indulgence

Question 41

indulge

Answer 41

allow someone (oneself) to enjoy the pleasure of something

Question 42

chauvinist

Answer 42

person displaying excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause/group