Unit 4: Selection Vocabulary 2

This list covers Romiette and Julio, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2), and "We Wear the Mask."
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  1. stagnant
    not circulating or flowing
    So are you a deep river or a stagnant stream?
  2. admire
    feel high regard for
    You can sail and swim? I really admire that. I never learned to swim.
  3. abandoned
    forsaken by owner or inhabitants
    I am afraid of being alone, of being abandoned.
  4. potential
    the inherent capacity for coming into being
    And you had such potential.
  5. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
    Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
    Having some business, do entreat her eyes
    To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
  6. utterance
    the use of spoken sounds for auditory communication
    My ears have yet not drunk a hundred words
    Of that tongue's utterance, yet I know the sound.
  7. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
    Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye
    Than twenty of their swords! Look thou but sweet,
    And I am proof against their enmity.
  8. impute
    attribute to a cause or source
    Therefore pardon me,
    And not impute this yielding to light love,
    Which the dark night hath so discovered.
  9. idolatry
    the worship of objects or images as gods
    Do not swear at all;
    Or if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,
    Which is the god of my idolatry,
    And I'll believe thee.
  10. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
    We wear the mask that grins and lies,
    It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
    This debt we pay to human guile
  11. myriad
    too numerous to be counted
    With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
    And mouth with myriad subtleties.
  12. torture
    torment emotionally or mentally
    We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
    To thee from tortured souls arise.
  13. vile
    causing or able to cause nausea
    We sing, but oh the clay is vile
    Beneath our feet, and long the mile
Created on Mon Nov 30 12:58:57 EST 2020 (updated Tue Dec 01 16:12:23 EST 2020)

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