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Romeo and Juliet Vocab
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English
8th Grade
03/19/2008

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Presage
Definition

v

to portend, to foreshow, or foreshadow 

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misadventure
Definition

an instance of bad fortune; mishap

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straight
Definition

adv

directly; without detour or delay 

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penury
Definition

n

extreme poverty; destitution 

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disperse
Definition

v

to spread widely; disseminate 

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apothecary
Definition

n

one that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines; a pharmacist 

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ducat
Definition

n

gold coin 

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famine
Definition

n

any extreme and general scarcity; extreme hunger; starvation 

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pestilence
Definition

n

a deadly or virulent epidemic disease 

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beshrew
Definition

v

to curse; invoke evil upon 

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aloof
Definition

adj

at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest; apart 

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obsequies
Definition

n

funeral rites or ceremonies 

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strew
Definition

to spread here and there; to scatter

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inexorable
Definition

adj

unyielding; unalterable; not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties 

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peruse
Definition

v

to survey or examine in detail 

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inter
Definition

v

to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury 

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inauspicious
Definition

adj

not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened 

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unthrifty
Definition

adj

unfortunate 

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sepulcher
Definition

n

a tomb, grave, or burial place 

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impeach
Definition

v

to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office 

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immoderate
Definition

adj

exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme 

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slander
Definition

n

a false statement spoken with the intent of harming the reputation of another 

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prorogue
Definition

v

to prolong or extend; to postpone or defer 

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charnel house
Definition

n

a burial vault for the remains of the dead 

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shroud
Definition

n

a cloth or garment wrapped around a dead person for burial 

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surcease
Definition

v

to cease, to end; to discontinue 

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kindred
Definition

n

a person's family or relatives 

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abate
Definition

v

to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc; lessen; diminish 

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behest
Definition

n

a command or order; a request (issued strongly); a directive 

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prostrate
Definition

adj

overthrown, overcome, or helpless; utterly dejected or depressed; disconsolate 

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orisons
Definition

n

prayers 

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cull
Definition

v

to pick out from others; to select; to gather the choice things or parts from 

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mandrake
Definition

n

a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant (mandragora officinarum) of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form 

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solace
Definition

v

to comfort, console, or cheer; to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.) 

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martyr
Definition

v

to torment or torture; to inflict great pain 

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rosemary
Definition

n

an evergreen shrub of the mint family, having leathery, narrow leaves and pale-blue bell-shaped flowers, used as a seasoning and in perfumery and medicine; a traditional symbol of rememberance 

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ordain
Definition

v

to decree; give orders for; to order by virture of superior authority 

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sullen
Definition

adj

mournful; gloomy or somber in tone, color, or portent (as in sullen, grey skies)

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dirge
Definition

n

a funeral song or tune, expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead 

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lour
Definition

v

to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower; to look negatively upon 

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