Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Flashcards
a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe
Adversary
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate
Abhor
a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine
Apothecary
alcohol
Aqua Vita
to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise
Ascend
to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase
Augment
to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange
-to circulate freely
Bandy
to smear all over; besmear; soil
-to ornament gaudily or excessively
Bedaubed
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
Bier
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment
Bliss
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt
Brine
a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury. grievous affliction; adversity; misery
Calamity
a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth
-a disease affecting horses’ feet, usually the soles, characterized by a foul-smelling exudate
Canker
a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage
Courtier
possession of land as one’s own
Demesnes
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead
Dirge
a deranged condition of mind or body; a disorder or disease
Distempered
to remove or take off, as clothing
Doff