Romeo And Juliet Vocab Flashcards

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Ambiguous

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Having more than one meaning

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Ascend

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To move upward

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Augment

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To make greater

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Baleful

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Destructive

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Beguile

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To deceive

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Boisterous

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Rough

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Dirge

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Funeral hymn, lament

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Disparage

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To degrade

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Dissemble

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To disguise

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Engrossed

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Completely occupied

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Enmity

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Absolute hatred

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Entreaty

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A plea

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Feint

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A false appearance

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14
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Inauspicious

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Unfavorable

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Inudate

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To flood

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Lament

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To mourn

17
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Obsequious

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Overly attentive

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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Perjury

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False testimony under oath

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Pernicious

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Very destructive or harmful

21
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Portent

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A sign of warning, foreshadowing

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Posterity

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Future generations, descendants of a person

23
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Prate

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To talk foolishly at great length

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Presage

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Something that foreshadows a future event