Romeo & Juliet Vocabulary Flashcards
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nuptial
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(n.) wedding; marriage
2
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posterity
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(n.) future generations
3
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prodigious
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(adj.) terrible; extraordinary
4
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conjure
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(v.) call up; summon
5
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idolatry
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(n.) worship; adoration
6
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rancor
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(n.) hatred; hostility
7
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garish
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(adj.) gaudy; showy
8
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jocund
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(adj.) cheerful; happy
9
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usurer
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(n.) swindler; extortionist
10
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inundation
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(n.) flood; outpouring
11
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abhorred
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(adj.) hated; despised
12
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steeped
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(adj.) soaked; covered in liquid
13
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foil
A
characters who contrast each other
14
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pun
A
double meaning joke
15
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soliloquy
A
when they speak their thoughts
16
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monologue
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a speak made to other chacters
17
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tragic hero
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the person who gets fucked by their own decisions
18
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comic relief
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so people don’t get depressed when they watch the tragities
19
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dramatic irony
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when the actors don’t know shit.
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allusion
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reference to old shit
