Romeo and Juliet Vocab #2

Question 0

Inexorable

Answer 0

Unyielding or unchangeable

Question 1

Poultice

Answer 1

Soft, moist, mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc. applied not as a medicament to the body

Question 2

Loathsome

Answer 2

Causing feelings of loathing, disgusting, revolting, repulsive

Question 3

Dexterity

Answer 3

Cleverness, skill, or adroitness, physically or mentally

Question 4

Augment

Answer 4

To make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase

Question 5

Portentous

Answer 5

Ominously significant; momentous; marvelous; amazing; prodigious

Question 6

Martial

Answer 6

Inclined or disposed to war; warlike; associated with war;

Question 7

Perjury

Answer 7

The willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry

Question 8

Substantial

Answer 8

Of ample or considerable amount, quantity or size; basic or essential; legitimate; firm, stout or strong

Question 9

Calamity

Answer 9

A great misfortune or disaster; grievous affliction; adversity; misery

Question 10

Dismal

Answer 10

Causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy; characterized my ineptness or lack of skill

Question 11

Lamentation

Answer 11

The act of lamenting or expressing grief

Question 12

Usury

Answer 12

Lending or practice of lending money at an outrageous interest

Question 13

Ambiguity

Answer 13

Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention; an unclear indefinite, of equivocal word, expression, meaning