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Romeo And Juliet Vocab Flashcards

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Gallant

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Adj.- brave, heroic

Other forms- gallantly-AV

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Vile

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Adj.- disgusting, very unpleasant

Other forms- viler, vilest

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Banishment

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N-To drive out or remove, clear away
Banisher-N
Banish-N

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Calamity

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N- a state of deep distress

Calamities- N

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Prevail

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V- to defeat, win, or overcome
Prevailing- N, V, adj
Prevailed- N, V, adj.

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Reconcile

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V- to restore to friendship or harmony
Reconciled-V
Reconciling-V
Reconciliation-N

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Commend

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V- to praise
Commendable-adj
Commendably-av
Commander-n
Syn: extol, laud
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Abhor

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V- to loathe
Abhorred-V
Abhorring-V
Syn- loathe

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Pensive

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Adj- musingly or dreamingly thoughtful
Pensively-adj.
Pensiveness-N

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Vial

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N- a smaller closed or closable vessel esp. For liquids

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Prostrate

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V- to put with the face down(often as a sign of respect)

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Fester

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V- to generate puss

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Shroud

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N, V– something that covers or screams, to cover

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Distraught

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Adj.- agitated with doubt or mental conflict of pain

Distraughtly- adv

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Beguile

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V- to cheat, swindle, or hoodwink
Beguiling-N,V,adj.
Beguiled-N,V,adj.

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Dirge

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N- a song or hymn of grief

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Amorous

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Adj.- strongly moved by love
Amorously-adv
Amorousness-N

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Pestilence

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N- something that is destructive or pernicious

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Sepulcher

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N-a place of burial

Syn- mausoleum

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Penury

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N- a cramping and oppressive lack of resources

Syn- indigence, destitution

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Star-crossed

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Adj.- ill fated

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Mutiny

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N- to rebel against authority
Mutinies-N
Mutinied-V
Mutinying-V

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Pernicious

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Adj.- deadly or fatal
syn: noxious
Perniciously-AV
Perniciousness-N

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Adversary

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N- opponent, enemy
Adversariness-N
Adversaries-Adj., N

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Fray

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N- a fight

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Rapier

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N- a sword

rapiered- adj., N, V

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Solemnity

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N- the state of being solemn(serious)
Solemnities-N
Semisolemnity-N

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Gall

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N- Bitter, deep seated ill will

syn:rancor

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Prodigious

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Adj.- abnormal or unlucky

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Conjure

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V- to create(often by magic)
conjurer
conjuring
conjured

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Wherefore

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adv- why

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Doff

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V- to remove

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Bescreened

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adj.- to be hidden

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Counsel

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N- private, secretive thoughts

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Enmity

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N- a feeling of hatred
syn: rancor
Enmities-N

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Prorogue

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V- to postpone

proroguenation-N

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Variable

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Adj- liable to change or bury
Variability-V
Variably-AV

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Shrive

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V- to confess one’s sins or go to make a confession
Shriven-V
Shrived-V
Shriving-V

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