Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary

Question 0

a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe

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Adversary

Question 1

to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate

Answer 1

Abhor

Question 2

a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine

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Apothecary

Question 3

alcohol

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Aqua Vita

Question 4

to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise

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Ascend

Question 5

to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase

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Augment

Question 6

to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange
-to circulate freely

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Bandy

Question 7

to smear all over; besmear; soil

-to ornament gaudily or excessively

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Bedaubed

Question 8

a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial
-such a stand together with the corpse or coffin

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Bier

Question 9

supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment

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Bliss

Question 10

water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt

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Brine

Question 11

a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury. grievous affliction; adversity; misery

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Calamity

Question 12

a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth

-a disease affecting horses’ feet, usually the soles, characterized by a foul-smelling exudate

Answer 12

Canker

Question 13

a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage

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Courtier

Question 14

possession of land as one’s own

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Demesnes

Question 15

a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead

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Dirge

Question 16

a deranged condition of mind or body; a disorder or disease

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Distempered

Question 17

to remove or take off, as clothing

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Doff

Question 18

fully occupying the mind or attention; absorbing

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Engrossing

Question 19

expulsion from one’s native land by authoritative decree

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Exile

Question 20

gladly; willingly

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Rain

Question 21

any evil spirit; demon

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Fiend

Question 22

a speck; a small bit

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Flecked

Question 23

to be in a vigorous state; thrive

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Flourish

Question 24

something bitter or severe

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Tall

Question 25

crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration

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Garish

Question 26

a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn

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Gossamer

Question 27

a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress

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Grievances

Question 28

from now on; from this point forward

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Henceforth

Question 29

a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime

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Herald

Question 30

to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge. to overwhelm

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Inundation

Question 31

a blood relative, especially a male, a relative by marriage, a person of the same nationality or ethnic group

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Kinsmen

Question 32

a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well

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Marksmen

Question 33

to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound

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Muffle

Question 34

revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers

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Mutiny

Question 35

quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid

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Nimble

Question 36

any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork

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Osier

Question 37

the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry

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Perjuries

Question 38

Machinery

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Pinion

Question 39

evoking or deserving pity; pathetic

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Piteous

Question 40

a braid, especially of hair or straw | -a pleat or fold, as of cloth

Answer 40

Plait

Question 41

a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body

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Poultice

Question 42

a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting

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Rapier

Question 43

outward aspect or appearance

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Semblance

Question 44

a tomb, grave, or burial place

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Sepulcher

Question 45

capable of being varied or changed; alterable

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Variable

Question 46

a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids

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Vial