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Romeo & Juliet Vocabulary
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Language - English
9th Grade
04/28/2010

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Term
amorous
Definition

1. adjective;

 

2.  - fond of making love.

     - full of love.

     - of sexual love.

 

Term
bauble
Definition

1. noun

 

2.  - a showy trifle.

 

knicknack;

Term
bawdy
Definition

1. adjective

 

2.  - indecent; lewd.

 

obscene, suggestive;

Term

blazon

Definition

1. noun, transitive verb

 

2.  - a coat of arms

     - to proclaim

     - to adorn

Term

choler

Definition

1.noun

 

2.  - anger or ill humor.

Term
dexterity
Definition

1. noun

 

2. - skill in using one's hands, body, or mind.

Term
disparage
Definition

1. transitive verb

 

2.  - to discredit

     - to belittle.

Term
dowdy
Definition

1. adjective

 

2.  - not neat or smart in dress.

Term
drivel
Definition

1. intransitive verb, transitive verb,  noun

 

2.  - to let (saliva) drool.

     - to speak or say in a silly, stupid way.

     - silly, stupid talk.

Term
effeminate
Definition

1. adjective

 

2.  - having qualities attributed to women, as weakness, delicacy, etc.; unmanly.

Term
eloquence
Definition

1. adjective

 

2.  - vivid, forceful, fluent, etc., in speech or writing.

Term
frank
Definition

1. adjective, noun, transitive verb

 

2.  - free in expressing oneself; candid.

     - to sent (mail) free of postage.

     - the right to sen mail free.

     - a mark indicating this right.

Term
gossamer
Definition

1. noun, adjective

2.  - a filmy cobweb.

     - a very thin, filmy, cloth.

     - light, thin, filmy.

Term
herald
Definition

1. noun, transitive verb

 

2.  - an official who made proclamations, carried state messages, etc.

     - one who announces significant news, etc.

     - to announce, foretell, etc.

Term
impute
Definition

1. transitive verb

 

2.  - to attribute (esp. a fault or misconduct) to another.

Term
intercession
Definition

1. noun

 

2.  - an interceeding; mediation or prayer in behalf of another.

Term
invocation
Definition

1. noun

 

2.  - an invoking of God, the Muses, etc.

Term
loll
Definition

1. intransitive verb

 

2.  - to lean or lounge about lazily.

     - to hang loosely; droop - to let hang loosely.

Term
minstrel
Definition

1. noun

 

2.  a member of a comic variety show in which the performers blacken their faces.

Term
perjury
Definition

1. noun

 

2.  - the willful telling of a lie while under oath.

Term
portly
Definition

1. adjective

 

2.   - large and stately.

      - stout and corpulent.

Term
poultice
Definition

noun

 

- a hot, soft, moist mass applied to a sore part of the body.

Term
rancor
Definition

noun

 

- a continuing and bitter hate or ill will.

Term
rapier
Definition

noun

 

- a light, sharp-pointed sword used only for thrusting.

Term
sallow
Definition

adjective

 

- of a sickly, pale-yellowish complexion.

Term
saucy
Definition

adjective

 

- rude, impudent.

- pert, sprightly.

Term
scathe
Definition

verb

 

-to criticize harshly and usually publicly.

Term
slander
Definition

noun

 

- the utterance of a falsehood that damages another's reputation.

Term
tedious
Definition

adjective

 

-full of tedium; long and dull.

Term
vile
Definition

adjective

-morally evil; wicked.

-disgusting;

-degrading; mean/

-very bad.

Term
wanton
Definition

adjective;

 

-sexually unrestrained

-playful

-unprovoked or malicious

-recklessly ignoring justice, decency, etc.

Term
weal
Definition

noun

- a mark raised on the skin,  as by a bblow, welt.

-well-being, welfare.

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