english vocab r and j

Question 1

iambic pentameter

Answer 1

10 syllables a line, 5 feet

Question 2

volta

Answer 2

turn in theme of a sonnet

Question 3

heroic couplet

Answer 3

a rhyming two line couplet

Question 4

conceit

Answer 4

metaphoric comparisons extending over multiple lines

Question 5

dramatic irony

Answer 5

when the reader is aware of something that the character isn’t

Question 6

tragic hero

Answer 6

when the character makes an error of judgment or has a flaw that brings on a tradegy

Question 7

mutiny

Answer 7

open rebellion against authority

Question 8

star-crossed

Answer 8

doomed from the start

Question 9

misadventure

Answer 9

an instance of misfortune

Question 10

strife

Answer 10

bitter disagreement, fighting or struggle

Question 11

importune

Answer 11

bother someone in hopes they will do something

Question 12

assail

Answer 12

attack or assault

Question 13

tyrannous

Answer 13

cruel and oppressive, especially when leading a government

Question 14

beseems

Answer 14

how something appears or seems

Question 15

forswear

Answer 15

to agree the discontinuation of something

Question 16

propagate

Answer 16

to spread something (propaganda)

Question 17

partisan

Answer 17

devotion or bias in a party, group or cause

Question 18

interchange

Answer 18

exchange

Question 19

transgression

Answer 19

action that breaks a rule

Question 20

pernicious

Answer 20

having a gradual or subtle negative effect

Question 21

augment

Answer 21

to add to something to increase it (like the opposite of fragment)

Question 22

posterity

Answer 22

future generations

Question 23

portentous

Answer 23

ominous

Question 24

invocation

Answer 24

summoning or calling someone of higher power to assist

Question 25

consort

Answer 25

partner or companion of a ruler

Question 26

entreat

Answer 26

ask earnestly, beseech

Question 27

enmity

Answer 27

emotions of anger and opposition

Question 28

perverse

Answer 28

socially unacceptable behavior

Question 29

repose

Answer 29

state of peace or relaxation

Question 30

baleful

Answer 30

scary or threatening

Question 31

sallow

Answer 31

unhealthy complexion

Question 32

lamentable

Answer 32

feeling extremely sorry or upset

Question 33

apt

Answer 33

appropriate to the situation

Question 34

consort

Answer 34

ensemble of musicians

Question 35

haste

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to hurry

Question 36

garish

Answer 36

excessively vibrant or loud

Question 37

carrion

Answer 37

rotted animal flesh

Question 38

dote

Answer 38

to be infatuated with

Question 39

appertaining

Answer 39

apt, relating to a certain thing

Question 40

abhor

Answer 40

treat something with disgust, loathe

Question 41

bandy

Answer 41

"exchange, swap, send to and fro" - Shakespearean website thing

Question 42

vestal

Answer 42

as a virgin priestess

Question 43

effeminate

Answer 43

derogatory description of being feminine

Question 44

rouse

Answer 44

stir up emotions, to wake one up physically

Question 45

enjoin

Answer 45

joined together in a common cause

Question 46

orison

Answer 46

prayer

Question 47

dirge

Answer 47

song or chant that mourns the deceased

Question 48

ordained

Answer 48

make someone a preist or minister

Question 49

immoderate

Answer 49

uncontained excess of an action

Question 50

prorogue

Answer 50

postpone

Question 51

surcease

Answer 51

cease, stop, leave off

Question 52

abate

Answer 52

shorten, lessen, reduce

Question 53

behest

Answer 53

command, bidding, decree

Question 54

prostrate

Answer 54

lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission.

Question 55

pestilent

Answer 55

destructive to life; deadly