Vocabulary Word R&J Flashcards

1
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Absolve

A

Release or relieve

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2
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Affray

A

A fight

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3
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Afore me

A

Before

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4
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Amerce

A

Punish with a fine

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5
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Aqua Vitae

A

Alcohol, “ eau de vie “

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6
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Arbitrate

A

Judge

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7
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Asunder

A

Divided

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Bandy

A

Curved

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9
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Bankrout

A

Older form of brankrupt

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10
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Bark

A

A boat

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11
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Bethink

A

Considering

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12
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Chopped Logic

A

Illogic

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13
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Cockatrice

A

Mythical creature, two-legged dragon

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14
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Conduit

A

A circuit with water

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15
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Cords

A

Ladder

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16
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Corse

A

Corpse

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17
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Desperate tender

A

reckless, thoughtless

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18
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Dismembered

A

Lacking body parts

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19
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Doublet

A

Double

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20
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Doting

A

Adoring

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21
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Dram

A

A small drink

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22
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Fiddle Stick

A

A curse word or an object to play with

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23
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Forswear

A

Agree to give up or do without

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24
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Fray

A

Used and worn

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25
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Garish

A

Very flashy, bright

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26
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Hie

A

Hurry

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27
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Gossamer

A

A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture

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28
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Hoar

A

Old, unattractive, stale OR white

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29
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Invocation

A

Conjure

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30
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Mammet

A

A puppet

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31
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Methinks

A

it seems to me

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32
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Mewed up

A

To close

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33
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Minion

A

A servant

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34
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Passado

A

A movement in a fight

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35
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Peppered

A

Seasoned

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36
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Perchance

A

By chance

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37
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Pilcher

A

Container for the sword

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38
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Poultice

A

Something soothing, applied to relieve

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39
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Procures

A

To get something

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40
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Professed

A

Acknowledged

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41
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Puling

A

Crying querulously

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42
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Railest

A

Making fun of

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43
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Retorts

A

To answer emotionally to an accusation

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44
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Sack

A

A large bag, a container

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45
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Sallow

A

An unhealthy yellow color

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46
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Shrift

A

Confession

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47
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Smatter

A

small amount of something

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48
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Spleen

A

Bad temper

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49
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Tilts

A

Lean over

50
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Trow

A

Think

51
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Vestal

A

A virgin

52
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Wanton

A

Sexually promiscuous

53
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Withal

A

With

54
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Wreak

A

To cause damage

55
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Beguiled

A

To be enchanted

56
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Zounds

A

expressing surprise or indignation, god’s wounds

57
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Orisons

A

Prayers

58
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Cull’d

A

To sort things out

59
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Behoveful

A

Profitable, needful

60
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Ere

A

Before

61
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Festering

A

of an injury, to be inflamed and create pus

62
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Loathsome

A

causing hatred or disgust

63
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Mandrakes

A

Mediterranean plant

64
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Distraught

A

deeply upset and agitated

65
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Environed

A

Enclosed, surrounded

66
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Shroud

A

a cloth where a dead body is wrapped

67
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Rapiers

A

a thin, light sharp pointed sword

68
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Quinces

A

Fruits, usually in a pastry

69
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Prorogue

A

discontinue a session

70
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Chide

A

Scold or rebuke

71
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Vial

A

a small bottle that contains a drug

72
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Surcease

A

to put an end to

73
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Drift

A

Plan

74
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Hither

A

over here

75
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Kindred

A

family and relations

76
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Abate

A

something that becomes less intense or widespread

77
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Stifled

A

To suffocate, make someone unable to breath properly

78
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Angelica

A

The name of the nurse

79
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Cot-quean

A

Muscular woman

80
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Whit

A

a very small amount

81
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Mouse-hunt

A

a ladies man, a skirt chaser

82
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Haste

A

Fast

83
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Sirrah

A

Term to address servants

84
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County

A

Paris

85
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Fie

A

Disgust or outrage

86
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Slug-a-bed

A

stay in bed, sluggard

87
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Pennyworths

A

an amount of something that may be bought for a penny

88
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lamentable

A

to aspire pity, to be sorry for something

89
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woeful

A

sorrowful

90
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wail

A

cry of pain

91
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Hence

A

in consequence

92
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Flower

A

Virginity

93
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Solace

A

consolation or comfort

94
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Behold

A

To look at

95
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Rejoice

A

feel or show great joy or delight

96
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Spited

A

Hurt, annoyed

97
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Solemnity

A

being very serious and dignified

98
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Rosemary

A

an herb and a symbol of remembrance

99
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Array

A

Clothes or a display/arrangement

100
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Dirges

A

An lament for the dead

101
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Lour

A

angry or sullen

102
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Twain

A

Two

103
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Forsooth

A

in truth

104
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Chapless charnel

A

a morgue

105
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Inexurable

A

Impossible

106
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Inondation

A

Flood

107
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Beseeched

A

to beg, to implore

108
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Brace

A

a group of two, a pair, a couple

109
Q

Cynthia

A

Goddess of the moon

110
Q

Diana

A

Goddess who vowed to stay maiden all her life, compared to Rosaline

111
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Dido

A

Daughter of Mutto, Founder of Carthage

112
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Echo

A

A women of mythology cursed by Hera for her affair with Zeus

113
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Good King of Cats

A

Mercutio refers to Tybalt as because his actions are like cats ; lithe, agile and territorial

114
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God’s bread

A

God’s wound, communion

115
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Helen

A

Daughter of Zeus and Lena

116
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Hero

A

Priestess of Aphrodite

117
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Jove

A

King of the Roman God

118
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Lark

A

A small ground-dwelling songbird

119
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Mantua

A

The Town next to Verona, where Romeo needs to go

120
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Mars

A

God of war

121
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Nightingale

A

Bird who sings during the night

122
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Phaeton

A

Son of the god of Sun, Helios