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Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary
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8th Grade
01/24/2012
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Sonnet
 Definition
a poem of 14 lines usually rhyming by a fixed scheme.
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Suspense
 Definition
a state of mental uncertainty of what will happen next.
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Tumult
 Definition
a great disturbance; an uproar.
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Mutiny
 Definition
a refusal to obey authority.
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Toil
 Definition
to work hard and long.
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Forfeit
 Definition
to lose/lose the right to due to punishment.
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Covert
 Definition
concealed.
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Brawl
 Definition
a noisy quarrel of fight.
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Grievance
 Definition
a complaint or resentment.
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Verse
 Definition
one line of a poem.
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Vex
 Definition
to irritate, annoy or provoke.
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Languish
 Definition
to lose vigor and vitality.
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Posterity
 Definition
all the descendants of one person.
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Wean
 Definition
to withdraw.
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Jest
 Definition
to joke with.
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Boisterous
 Definition
rough and noisy.
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Hag
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an ugly old woman, especially a vicious one.
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Enrich
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to add greater value or significance to.
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Vile
 Definition
wretchedly bad.
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Solemnity
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the state of being solemn.
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Foe
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an enemy.
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Entreat
 Definition
to ask urgently.
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Woe
 Definition
great sorrow.
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Perjury
 Definition
purposely lying in court.
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Coy
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shy and flirtatious.
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Wanton
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sexually explicit.
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Precocious
 Definition
valuable.
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Fickle
 Definition
likely to change.
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Tempest
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a violent wind storm/commotion.
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Cull
 Definition
to obtain or garner.
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Burden
 Definition
a load.
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Gossamer
 Definition
a film of cobwebs floating in air.
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Rogue
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a dishonest/wicked person.
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Plague
 Definition
a disastrous evil.
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Slay
 Definition
to put to death violently or in great numbers.
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Garish
 Definition
to bright or showy.
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Gore
 Definition
a triangular piece of clothing.
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Exile
 Definition
to be forced to leave one's own country or home.
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Predicament
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a difficult or puzzling situation.
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Dismember
 Definition
to deprive of limbs.
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