Week 8 Vocab Romeo and Juliet
Soliloquy (N.) an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
DETESTABLE (Adj.) deserving intense dislike.
DISMAL (Adj.) depressing; dreary.
Vengeance (N.) punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong.
engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought. PENSIVE (Adj.) engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
STIFLE (V.) restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion).
EXILE (N.) the state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.
PREDOMINANT (adj.) having or exerting control or power.
AMBIGUITY (N.) the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
SONNET (N.) a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. Iambic Pentameter
APOTHECARY (N.) a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.
send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment. BANISH (V.) send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment.