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Romeo & Juliet Vocabulary #1
Romeo & Juliet Vocabulary #1
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English
9th Grade
04/17/2011

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Discord
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(noun) lack of agreement, tension, strife, contention, dissension
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Submissive
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(adj) yielding or surrendering oneself to the will of another; pliant, complaint,amenable, obedient; Submission (noun) an act or instance of submitting, yielding, or surrendering
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Feint
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(noun) a false appearance, a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow, a trick; Feign (verb) to give a false appearance, to throw a fake punch
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Dexterous
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(adj) skillful and active with the hands; manually skillful, handy; Dexterity (noun) skill or cleverness in using the hands or body
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Dissemble
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(verb) to disguise, pretend, to disguise the truth, give a false appearance, feign; Dissembler (noun) someone who disguises or hides the truth
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Beguile
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(verb) to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm, to delude
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Calamity
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(noun) a serious event causing distress or misfortune; cataclysm, catastrophe
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Perjury
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(noun) false testimony under oath, bearing false witness, lying under oath
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Ascend
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verb) to move upward, to rise from a lower station, climb, advance
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Vexation
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(noun) discomfort or distress; annoyance, nuisance, irritation; Vex (verb) to discomfort, annoy or irritate
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partisan
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a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections
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pernicious
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exceedingly harmful
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covert
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secret or hidden
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portent
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indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen
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galling
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causing irritation or annoyance
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accord
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harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
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wanton
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(adj.) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; (n.) a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals
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virtuous
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of moral excellence
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disparage
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to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner
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profane
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violate the sacred character of a place or language
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entreaty
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earnest or urgent request
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utter
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to express by speaking
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idolatry
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excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object
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repose
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to rest; lie; place; relaxation, peace of mind, calmness
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air
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make public
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baleful
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harmful, with evil intentions
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intercede
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(v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
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forsake
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to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon
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chide
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to blame; scold
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rancor
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bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity
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