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Romeo And Juliet Vocab Flashcards

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Mutiny

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Noun or verb
To rebel
Or
Rebellion against authority

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Star-crossed

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Adj.

not meant to be (against all odds)

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Pernicious

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Adj

Highly destructive

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Adversary

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Noun or adj
A person group or force that opposes or attacks
Enemy

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Fray

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Noun

A fight or battle

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Rapier

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Noun
A small sword with a narrow blade used for thrusting
(Sharp blade )

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Solemnity

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Noun

The state of being grave or earnest (solemn, serious )

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Gall

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Noun

Bitter to endure

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Rancor

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Butter to endure

The same as gall

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Noxious

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Highly destructive

The same as pernicious

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Prodigious

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Adj

Abnormal or unlucky

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Conjure

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Verb

Make something appear unexpectedly from nowhere, like magic

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Wherefore

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Adv

Why

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Doff

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Verb

To remove an item of clothing.

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Bescreened

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Verb

To cover with a screen or cover

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Counsel

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Noun

Private/secretive thoughts

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Enmity

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Noun
Something bitter to endure
Rancor and gall synonyms

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Prorogue

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Verb

To discontinue with session or to spend

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Variable

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Adj

Constantly changing

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Shrive

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Verb

To hear confessions/conferences

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Vile

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Adj

Morally despicable

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Gallant

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Adj

Brave or courageous

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Banishment

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Noun

To be removed by authority

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Calamity

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Noun

A complete disaster

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Prevail

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Verb

To win or defeat

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Reconcile

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Verb

To make peace

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Commend

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Verb

To pay respect to

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Abhor

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Verb

To hate extremely

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Pensive

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Adj 
Serious thought (out of it )
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Vial

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Noun a small glass container holding liquids

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Prostrate

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Verb

To lay flat on the ground or to put face down, sign of respect

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Fester

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Verb

To rot or to decay

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Shroud

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Noun

Burial cloth

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Distraught

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Adj

Agitated with doubt of mental conflict or pain

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Beguile

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Verb

To cheat, hoodwinked

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Dirge

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Noun

A song or gym of grief or lamentation

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Amorous

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Adj

Strongly moved by love

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Pestilence

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Noun
Bubonic plague
Infectious disease

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Sepulcher

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Noun

A place of burial

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Penury

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Noun

Extreme poverty

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