Romeo and Juliet Vocab Act 4-5 Flashcards
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cull
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to choose or select
2
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cunning
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skillful
3
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entreat
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to beg
4
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immoderately
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excessively
5
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inundate
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to overwhelm with something
6
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pensive
A
expressing sadness
7
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prorogue
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to postpone
8
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prostrate
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to throw oneself face down on the ground in humility
9
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resort
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use as a final resource
10
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resolve
A
determination
11
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shroud
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cloth used to wrap up a body for burial
12
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stifle
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to make someone unable to breath
13
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wane
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to decrease in intensity
14
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adventure
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to take a chance or risk
15
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aloof
A
reserves or indifferent
16
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apothecary
A
someone who makes and sells drugs
17
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associate
A
to join as an ally
18
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caitiff
A
mean or evil person
19
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haughty
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proud or arrogant
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inauspicious
A
not promising
21
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inexorable
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impossible to persuade
22
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inter
A
busy
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kindred
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persons related to each other
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loathsome
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disgusting
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obsequies
funeral ceremonies
26
penury
poor
27
peruse
to examine
28
pestilence
a deadly disease
29
presage
to foreshadow or predict
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restorative
restoring a person to consciousness
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scourge
a difficult time
32
sepulcher
tomb
33
straight
soon or immediately
