Romeo And Juliet #3 Flashcards

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Confound

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Verb

To confuse or bewilder(surprise)

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Beguile

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Verb

To trick or deceive someone

Syn- hoodwink, bamboozle, dupe

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Disdain/Disdainful

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Noun/adjective

  • a strong dislike
  • to feel something is unworthy of respect

(She felt disdainful towards her friend)

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Encumber

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Verb

  • To restrict or burden one; to hold back
  • to prevent something from happening
  • to prevent or burden one from achieving a goal

(Encumbered by money)

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Entreat

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Verb

  • To make an honest request/plea
  • to make a honest request in an emotional way

( Importune-beg)

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Fickle

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Adjective

  • constantly changing their mind and aren’t constant about beliefs/opinions
  • to change ones mind or opinion
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Forswear

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Verb

  • to lie under oath
  • to give up
  • to reject or denounce
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Supercilious

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Adjective

-to act like you are better than others in an obnoxious or haughty way

(Super is better)

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Heinous

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Adjective

-Shockingly evil/utterly wicked/extremely bad/hateful

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Crony

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Noun

-a close friend who gets special privileges/benefits/right

(Often in politics)

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Mutiny

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Noun

-rebellion against authority who maybe treating others unfairly

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Peeve

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Verb

To annoy/irritate

Syn-vexing

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Prate

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Verb

-mindless,idle, chatter that often doesn’t have a real point or is foolish

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Sagacious

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Adjective

  • to have a keen insight
  • to be wise/shrewd in order to look deeply into situations
  • wise,intelligent,clever
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Panacea

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Noun

-a “magic” cure all that will improve the entire situation( it’s hard to achieve)

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Redress

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Verb

  • to correct something that is unfair or wrong
  • to set right(make better)
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Supple

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Adjective

-flexible, adaptable to new situations

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Unseemly

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Adjective

-no proper, improper, or inappropriate for time and place

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Vendetta

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Noun

  • a feud/fight that leads to “getting even”
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Wreak

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Verb

-to cause harm/damage
-bring about
(Juliet’s spurious demise caused a wreaked habit on her wedding / …wreak punishment on Romeo)