Romeo and Juliet Vocab F

Question 1

assail

Answer 1

(v) to attack

Question 2

augment

Answer 2

(v) to add to, supplement

Question 3

baleful

Answer 3

(adj) portending evil; ominous; harmuful

Question 4

boisterous

Answer 4

(adj) loud and rowdy

Question 5

chide

Answer 5

(v) to scold or reprimand mildly; to express disapproval

Question 6

discord

Answer 6

(n) lack of order and unity

Question 7

disparage

Answer 7

(v) to speak of something or someone in a belittling or insulting way

Question 8

enmity

Answer 8

(n.) bitter hatred

Question 9

feign

Answer 9

(v.) to pretend; to give a false impression

Question 10

forsaken

Answer 10

(adj.) abandoned

Question 11

herald

Answer 11

(n.) one who gives a sign or indication of something to come; harbinger; a messenger of important news

Question 12

importune

Answer 12

(v.) to ask repeatedly; to harass with persistent requests; importunate (adj.)

Question 13

impute

Answer 13

(v.) to attribute (something) to a source or cause

Question 14

mar

Answer 14

(v.) to soil or spoil; to detract from the perfection of something (other forms spelled marred and marring)

Question 15

pernicious

Answer 15

(adj.) evil and harmful and/or deadly

Question 16

portentous

Answer 16

(adj.) indicating something important to come in the future

Question 17

posterity

Answer 17

(n.) all future generations

Question 18

prodigious

Answer 18

(adj.) great and impressive

Question 19

propagate

Answer 19

(v.) to grow or increase

Question 20

rancor

Answer 20

(n.) anger

Question 21

reel

Answer 21

(v.) to lose one’s balance or center, either literally or figuratively

Question 22

sallow

Answer 22

(adj.) pale, yellowy in color, unhealthy looking

Question 23

strife

Answer 23

(n.) a struggle, fight, quarrel or conflict

Question 24

wanton

Answer 24

(adj.) 1. immoral or unchaste; lewd 2. cruel or merciless 3. malicious, unjust or capricious (acting on whim) 4. unrestrainedly excessive 5. undisciplined and spoiled