romeo and juliet vocab Flashcards

(36 cards)

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fray

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battle/ noisy fight

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woe

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suffering / misery

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covert

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SPY XECRECT

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virtue

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moral excellence / the quality of doing what is right

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banish

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expel from community or group

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feign

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pretend / make believe with the intent to deceive (sham)

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augment

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enlarge / increase

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plague

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any large-scale calamity

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mutiny

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open rebellion against constituted authority

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10
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posterity

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offspring

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lamentable

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distressing

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carrion

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the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food

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siege

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surround its walls / action of armed forces surrounds a forfited place

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enmity

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a state of deep-seated ill-will

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benevolent

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showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding

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purgatory

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a temporary condition of torment or suffering

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languish

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pine away / failed to progress or succed

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beguiled

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filled with wonder and delight

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boisterous

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energetic / marked by exuberance and high spirits

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discourse

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carry on a conversation

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inudation

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mercurial

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fickle/ changeable

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partisan

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an enthusiastic of some person or activity

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marred

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blemish by injury or rough war

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impeach
challenge honesty
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refrain
part of a song or poem that recurs at regular intervuls
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scholar
a learned person
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testament
strong evidence of something
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destitute
completely wanting or lacking
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charter
hire
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fend (synomyn)
get by
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whence
from what source or cause
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laureate
honorable
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inundation
an overwhelming number or amount
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portentous
ominously prophetic
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