Collection 4: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act 3

As you read Act 3 of William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 9's Collection 4: Love's Vocabulary, elements of Shakespearean drama, Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Romeo and Juliet, Act 4, Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Pyramus and Thisbe, Duty
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words only definitions & notes
  1. brawl
    a noisy fight in a crowd
  2. moody
    showing a brooding ill humor
  3. quarrel
    have a disagreement over something
  4. doublet
    a man's close-fitting jacket, worn during the Renaissance
  5. riband
    a ribbon used as a decoration
  6. apt
    naturally disposed toward
  7. discord
    a harsh mixture of sounds
  8. fiddlestick
    a bow used in playing the violin
  9. livery
    a uniform, especially worn by servants and chauffeurs
  10. appertain
    be a part or attribute of
  11. devise
    come up with after a mental effort
  12. vile
    morally reprehensible
  13. forbear
    resist doing something
  14. plague
    any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  15. valor
    courage when facing danger
  16. aspire
    have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
  17. woe
    misery resulting from affliction
  18. lenity
    mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
  19. kinsman
    a male relative
  20. withal
    together with this
  21. unruly
    unable to be governed or controlled
  22. dexterity
    adroitness in using the hands
  23. retort
    answer back
  24. agile
    moving quickly and lightly
  25. entertain
    take into consideration or have in view
  26. repent
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  27. Phoebus Apollo
    Greek god of light
  28. Phaethon
    son of Helios
  29. modesty
    freedom from vanity or conceit
  30. possess
    enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas
  31. cockatrice
    monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg
  32. bier
    a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
  33. bower
    enclose in a bower
  34. fiend
    an evil supernatural being
  35. dissembler
    a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
  36. aqua vitae
    strong distilled liquor or brandy
  37. tributary
    flowing into a larger stream
  38. beguile
    influence by slyness
  39. affliction
    a cause of great suffering and distress
  40. doom
    pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
  41. doomsday
    an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
  42. vanish
    pass away rapidly
  43. purgatory
    a temporary condition of torment or suffering
  44. validity
    the quality of being legitimate and rigorous
  45. carrion
    the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
  46. fond
    extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
  47. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  48. dispute
    have a disagreement over something
  49. estate
    everything you own; all of your assets and liabilities
  50. concealed
    hidden on any grounds for any motive
  51. anatomy
    alternate name for the body of a human being
  52. denote
    be a sign or indication of
  53. bedeck
    decorate
  54. reconcile
    bring into consonance or accord
  55. bid
    ask someone in a friendly way to do something
  56. sojourn
    spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
  57. tender
    a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
  58. ado
    a great deal of fuss, concern, or commotion
  59. jocund
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  60. Cynthia
    the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon
  61. division
    one of the portions which together constitute a whole
  62. loathe
    dislike intensely; feel disgust toward
  63. behold
    see with attention
  64. divine
    perceive through some inexplicable perceptive powers
  65. fickle
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  66. procure
    get by special effort
  67. wit
    mental ability
  68. dram
    a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce
  69. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  70. conduit
    a passage through which water or electric wires can pass
  71. tempest
    a strong storm with violent winds
  72. minion
    a servile or fawning dependent
  73. fettle
    a state of fitness and good health
  74. smatter
    speak with spotty or superficial knowledge
  75. utter
    express in speech
  76. proportion
    harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole
  77. pule
    cry weakly or softly
  78. acknowledge
    express recognition of the presence or existence of
  79. stratagem
    an elaborate or deceitful scheme to deceive or evade
  80. stealth
    the act of moving in a quiet or secretive way to avoid being noticed
  81. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  82. damnation
    the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
  83. dispraise
    the act of speaking contemptuously of
  84. twain
    two items of the same kind
  85. remedy
    act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
Created on Mon Jul 14 13:06:42 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:34:19 EDT 2014)

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