Romeo and Juliet vocab

Question 1

star crossed lovers

Answer 1

thwarted by bad luck or Lovers whose relationship is doomed to fail

Question 2

Bucklers

Answer 2

a small round shield held by a handle or worn on the forearm.

Question 3

Bite…thumb

Answer 3

placing a thumb behind your front top teeth and then flicking it out—is a symbolic gesture similar to “flipping someone off.” kind of like the middle finger

Question 4

Heartless hinds

Answer 4

is a metaphor that compares Sampson and Gregory to deers without a stag to lead them. Like peasants and servants who can’t stand up for themselves and have a leader they follow.

Question 5

Profaners

Answer 5

To treat(something sacred) with abuse

Question 6

Covert

Answer 6

secret, hidden, concealed

Question 7

Gall

Answer 7

scoff, jeer, mock.

Question 8

Transgression

Answer 8

an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offense.

Question 9

Forsworn

Answer 9

perjured, falsely swearing

Question 10

Spite

Answer 10

annoyance, vexation, irritation

Question 11

Portentous

Answer 11

ominous, threatening, full of foreboding

Question 12

Importuned

Answer 12

beseeching, pleading, imploring

Question 13

Heavy

Answer 13

sorrowful, sad, gloomy

Question 14

Heretic

Answer 14

a person whose religious beliefs conflict with church dogma.

Question 15

Visage

Answer 15

face, countenance

Question 16

Prodigious

Answer 16

ominous, portentous, promising evil

Question 17

Disparagement

Answer 17

Lowering a person’s rank/reputation

Question 18

Dun

Answer 18

refers to a brown horse

Question 19

makes dainty

Answer 19

affectedly refined