Romeo and Juliet Act 1 vocabulary Flashcards


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pernicious

highly injurious or descructive

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transgression

an act, process, or instance of transgressing

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grievance

a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance

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solemnity

a formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event

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posterity

the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation

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valiant

possessing or acting with bravery or boldness

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importune

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

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esteem

the regard in which one is held especially high regard

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partisan

a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or personespecially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance

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chaste

to keep ones virtue

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profane

to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt

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forswear

to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath

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languish

to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated

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augment

to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense

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fray

a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute

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portentous

of, relating to, or constituting a portent

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heretics

a person who differs in opinion from established religious dogma

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tyrannous

marked by tyranny

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gall

brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence

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nuptials

of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony