ROMEO AND JULIET ACT II VOCABULARY

Banishment ◦ To send someone away; to force them to leave

Beseeches ◦ Makes a request to someone in an earnest or urgent manner; pleads; begs

Calamity ◦ A sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction; catastrophe; tragedy

Commend ◦ To put something in the possession or safekeeping of another; entrust

Conjure ◦ To make something appear unexpectedly or out of nowhere as if by magic

Dexterity ◦ Mental skill or quickness; cleverness

Fain ◦ Pleased; content; with pleasure

Idolatry ◦ Extreme admiration, love, or reverence for someone or something

Invocation ◦ Asking for assistance or as an authority; summoning of a deity or the supernatural

Perjury ◦ Willfully lying under oath