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Details Title: Romeo and Juliet Description: Vocabulary Acts I and II Total Flash Cards: 35 Created: 04/29/2004 08:40:45	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term pernicious Definition adj. causing injury, destruction or ruin; fatal, deadly Term adversary Definition n. opponent, enemy Term covert Definition n. covered or protected place; adj. concealed, hidden Term augment[ing] Definition v. to increase or make greater Term portentous Definition adj. predicting evil for the future Term transgression Definition n. sin or fault Term siege Definition n. persistent attempt to gain control Term assail[ing] Definition v. to attack or assault Term poterity Definition n. future generations; opposite of ancestor Term anguish Definition n. pain, misery Term languish Definition v. to pine away, suffer - often from love Term devout Definition adj. showind reverence; sincere, heartfelt Term heretic Definition n. one who holds an onorthodox religious belief Term rushes Definition n. dried grassy plant, spread on the floor Term courtier Definition n. attendant at royal court; flatterer Term benefice Definition n. church position, including the income Term begot Definition v. created; given birth Term disparagement Definition n. disrespect, discourtesy Term scathe Definition v. injure or harm; denounce Term gall Definition n. bile; bitter feeling, rancor Term discourse[s] Definition v. carry on a conversation Term doff Definition v. remove, take off; usually used in a more literal sense, as a gentleman "doffs" his hat to a lady Term enmity Definition n. hatred Term perjury[ies] Definition n. willful telling of a lie while under oath to tell the truth Term perverse Definition adj. contrary, deliberately taking an opposite stance Term procure Definition v. obtain or secure Term baleful Definition adj. deadly; harmful, evil Term vice Definition n. evil or wicked conduct; corruption, depravity Term sallow Definition adj. of a sickly pale-yelowish complexion Term doting Definition adj. loving fookishly, being overly fond of Term rancor Definition n. bitterness, enmity, ill-feeling Term herald[s] Definition n. messenger that goes before to announce Term bandy Definition v. to toss or bat back and forth [note the "ball" image 1.13] Term unwieldy Definition adj. awkward, difficult to handle or manage Term hie Definition v. go hurriedly, speed, hasten