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Romeo and Juliet
Vocabulary Acts I and II
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04/29/2004

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