Romeo And Juliet Vocab #1

Question 1

A weapon having a blade with lateral projections mounted on the end of a long shaft, used chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries; one who exhibits or possible blind allegiance to a group

Answer 1

partisan

Question 2

very destructive or harmful, deadly, baneful, detrimental

Answer 2

pernicious

Question 3

secret, concealed, clandestine, furtive, stealthy

Answer 3

covert

Question 4

a sign or forewarning; omen, warning;

Answer 4

portent

Question 5

very irritating, vexing, bitter;

bile, an irritant, impudence, something bitter

Answer 5

galling

Question 6

agreement, state of harmony, concur; harmonious, agreeable

Answer 6

accord

Question 7

immoral, lewd, licentious;

someone who is immoral or lewd

Answer 7

wanton

Question 8

having excellent morals, righteous, ethical, noble

Answer 8

virtuous

Question 9

to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner, to belittle;
the act of disparaging, something that casts a bad light

Answer 9

disparage

Question 10

showing contempt toward sacred things;

to violate, desecrate or defame

Answer 10

profane

Question 11

a plea, an earnest request, appeal;

the act of appealing or earnestly requesting

Answer 11

entreaty

Question 12

to express by speaking, to speak, emit, pronounce;

something spoken or pronounced

Answer 12

utter

Question 13

worship of idols, excessive devotion, obsession, mania

Answer 13

idolatry

Question 14

to lie or to be at rest;

the state of being at rest, absence of movement, calm, peacefulness

Answer 14

repose

Question 15

to make a public utterance, to verbalize or speak; something that verbalizes or speaks

Answer 15

air

Question 16

destructive, deadly, malign, sinister, harmful,

Answer 16

baleful

Question 17

to intervene and to act as a mediator, to arbitrate or interpose;
the act of intervening or mediating

Answer 17

intercede

Question 18

to quit or to leave entirely, to depart or to withdraw from; leave, desert, abandon; something that has been deserted or abandoned

Answer 18

forsake

Question 19

to voice disapproval, to scold, admonish, chasten, chastise

Answer 19

chide

Question 20

bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity, animosity, or antagonism

Answer 20

rancor