1. Romeo and Juliet
Vocabulary Review

2. Prologue Words
dignity
mutiny
piteous
toil

3. dignity
worthiness, rank, standing

4. mutiny
rebellion against authority, uprising

5. piteous
heartbreaking, pathetic

6. toil
laborious effort, hard work

7. Act I Words wield augmenting transgression heretic ambling knave
trifling
chaste
scorn

8. wield
to handle effectively (especially a weapon)

9. augmenting
increasing, adding to

10. transgression
violation of a law, wrongdoing

11. heretic
one who dissents from a belief (like religion)

12. ambling
walking or strolling leisurely

13. knave
person with low status, scoundrel

14. trifling
of small value, insignificant, unimportant

15. chaste
virtuous, innocent (like a virgin)

16. scorn (as a verb)
to mock, to ridicule, to show contempt

17. Act II Words
Idolatry
Beseech
Rancor
Commend
Loathsome

18. idolatry
obsession, blind adoration

19. beseech
to beg eagerly for

20. rancor
hatred, bitterness

21. commend
to praise as worthy, recommend

22. loathsome
disgusting, offensive, revolting

23. Act III Words appertaining effeminate martial scorn (noun) garish
lamentation
sojourn
jocund

24. appertaining
pertaining or relating to

25. effeminate
having feminine qualities, having characteristics of softness

26. martial
having warlike qualities

27. scorn (as a noun)
open contempt of something

28. garish
excessively bright, glaring, showy

29. lamentation
act of expressing grief

30. sojourn
live temporarily, stay for a time in a place

31. jocund
merry, cheerful

32. Act IV Words Inundation Slander Pensive Prosperous Behooveful
Lamentable
beguiled

33. inundation
flood or overflow of something

34. slander
a false or malicious statement

35. pensive
dreamily thoughtful

36. prosperous
having financial success; successful

37. behooveful
necessary; advantageous

38. lamentable
regrettable; unfortunate

39. beguiled
tricked, deceived, misled

40. Act V Words presage detestable haughty peruse amorous thwarted
ambiguities

41. presage
to make a prediction; to foreshadow

42. detestable
hateful, abominable

43. haughty
snobbish, scornfully arrogant

44. peruse
examine in detail, read over carefully

45. amorous
showing or expressing love

46. thwarted
prevented, stopped, hindered

47. ambiguities
doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention