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Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Flashcards

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Remedy

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  1. a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury
  2. the margin within which a coin is minted may differ from the standard fineness and weight
  3. set right (an undesirable situation)
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Retire

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  • leave one’s job and cease to work, typically upon reaching the normal age for leaving employment.
  • withdraw to or from a particular place
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Sullen

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  • bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy
  • a sulky or depressed mood
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Vile

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extremely unpleasant

morally bad; wicked

of little worth or value

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Rancor

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bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing

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Absolve

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set or declare (someone) free of guilt, to responsibility.

give absolution for a sin

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Sojourn

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a temporary stay.

stay somewhere temporarily

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Solemn

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formal and dignified

not cheerful or smiling; serious

characterized by sincerity

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Adversary

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one’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

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Chide

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scold or rebuke

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Adversity

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difficulties; misfortune

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Apothecary

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a person or prepared and sold medicines and drugs

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Surcease

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cessation

cease

to desist from action

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Chaste

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abstaining from extramarital or from all sexual intercourse

not having any sexual nature or intention

without unnecessary ornamentation; simple or unrestrained

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Immoderate

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not sensible or restrained; excessive

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Contagion

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the communication or disease from one person to another by close contact

a disease spread by close contact

the spreading of harmful idea or practice

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Inundate

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overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be health with

flood.

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Loathed

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feel intense dislike or disgust for

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Pestilence

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a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague

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Philosophy

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the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

a particular system of philosophical thought

the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience

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Banishment

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the punishment of being sent away from a country or other place

the action of getting rid of something unwanted

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Calamity

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an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress

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Dirge

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a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite

a mournful song of piece of music or poem

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Augment

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make (something) greater by adding to it; increase

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Effeminate

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with reference to a man
- having characteristics and ways of behaving traditionally associated with women or regarded as inappropriate for a man

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Exile

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the state of being barred from one’s native country, typically for political or punitive reasons

expel and bar (someone) from their native country

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Haste

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excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry

archaic term of hasten

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Fickle

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changing frequently, especially as regards one’s loyalties, interests, or affection.

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Belligerent

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hostile and agressive

a nation or person engaged in war or conflict

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Aloof

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not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

  • conspicuously uninvolved and uninterested, typically through distaste
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Mutiny

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an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers

refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority

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Sepulcher

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a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried

lay or bury in or as if in a sepulcher

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Strife

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angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict

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Woe

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great sorrow or distress (hyperbolic)

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Lamentable

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deplorably bad or unsatisfactory

full of or expressing sorrow or grief

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Beguile

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charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

help (time) pass pleasantly

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Ambiguities

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the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness

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Provoke

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stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion) in someone

stimulate or incite (someone) to do or feel something, especially by crossing anger

deliberately make (someone) annoyed or angry

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Quarrel

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a heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good terms

have a heated argument or disagreement

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Rapier

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a thin, light sharp-pointed sword used for thrusting

  • quick and incisive (speech or intelligence)

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