Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary

Question 1

fray

Answer 1

(noun) a fight or conflict

Question 2

portentous

Answer 2

(adj.) pompous arrogant tone

Question 3

hoodwinked

Answer 3

(verb) to be deceived

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knave

Answer 4

(noun) a dishonest or unscrupulous man

Question 5

jest

Answer 5

(n. or v.) a thing said in amusement; a joke speak or act in a joking manner

Question 6

prorogued

Answer 6

(verb) discontinuation a session without dissolving it

Question 7

chide

Answer 7

(verb) scold or rebuke

Question 8

sententious

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(adj.) given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner

Question 9

jaunt

Answer 9

(noun) a short excursion or journey for pleasure

Question 10

zounds

Answer 10

(int.) some kind of explanation; God’s wounds

Question 11

banished

Answer 11

(verb) when someone is forcibly removed from a province or an area; exiled

Question 12

fickle

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(adj.) changing frequently

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beseech

Answer 13

(verb) command or order

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beshrew

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(verb) to curse or blame for misfortune

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inundation

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(noun) a flood or overwhelming number

Question 16

wayward

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(adj.) to turn away from what is right or to be disobedient

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beguiled

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(verb) to be mislead or cheated

Question 18

dirge

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(noun) funeral song

Question 19

pestilent

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(adj.) annoying or mischievous

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misadventure

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(noun) a mishap or some kind of extent of bad fortune

Question 21

apothecary

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(noun) pharmacist, or someone dealing with drugs

Question 22

conjuration

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(noun) act of calling on a sacred name or a magic charm

Question 23

inauspicious

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(adj.) not special; unfavorable

Question 24

sepulcher

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(noun) tomb or a grave

Question 25

pernicious

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(adj.) having a gradual subtle harmful effect