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Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Flashcards

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

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Adversary

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

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Abhor

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a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine

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Apothecary

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alcohol

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Aqua Vita

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

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Ascend

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

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Augment

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

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Bandy

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to smear all over; besmear; soil

-to ornament gaudily or excessively

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Bedaubed

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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

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supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment

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Bliss

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water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt

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Brine

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

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Calamity

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a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth

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

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Canker

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

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Courtier

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possession of land as one’s own

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Demesnes

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

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Dirge

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

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Distempered

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to remove or take off, as clothing

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Doff

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fully occupying the mind or attention; absorbing

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Engrossing

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expulsion from one’s native land by authoritative decree

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Exile

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gladly; willingly

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Rain

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any evil spirit; demon

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Fiend

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a speck; a small bit

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Flecked

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to be in a vigorous state; thrive

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Flourish

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something bitter or severe

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Tall

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

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Garish

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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

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

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Grievances

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from now on; from this point forward

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Henceforth

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

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Herald

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

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Inundation

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

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Kinsmen

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

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Marksmen

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to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound

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Muffle

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

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Mutiny

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

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Nimble

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

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Osier

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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

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Machinery

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Pinion

39
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evoking or deserving pity; pathetic

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Piteous

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a braid, especially of hair or straw

-a pleat or fold, as of cloth

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Plait

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

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Poultice

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

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Rapier

43
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outward aspect or appearance

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Semblance

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a tomb, grave, or burial place

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Sepulcher

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capable of being varied or changed; alterable

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Variable

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a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids

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Vial

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