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ACT 1 Vocab Romeo and Juliet
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adversary
Fray
(noun) an enemy or opponent
"Here were the servants of your adversary / and yours, close fighting ere I did approach" (1.1.97-98)
(noun) a situation of intense activity
"Right glad I am he was not at this fray" (1.1.108).
grievance
(noun) injustice or
complaint
Romeo and Juliet
Act 1 Vocabulary
augment
forfeit
(verb) to make greater or supplement
"With tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew" (1.1.123)
(verb) to surrender as punishment for a crime, an offense
“If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace" (1.1.87-88).
"So please you step aside; / I'll know his grievance, or be much denied" (1.1.147-148)
virtuous
(adjective) having excellent morals;
righteous
And, to say truth, Verona brags of him / To be a virtuous and well-governed youth (1.5.66-67).
purge
boisterous
(verb) to free from impurities; purify.
“Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged" (1.5.106).
valiant
(adjective) possessing or showing
courage or determination.
nuptial
portentous
(adjective) dealing with a sign, forewarning, or omen
pernicious
"Black and portentous must this humour prove /
Unless good counsel may the cause remove" (1.1.132-133).
(noun) a wedding; marriage
“Tis since the nuptial of Lucentio / Come Pentecost as quickly as it will" (1.5.35-36).
“To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand" (1.1.9).
apparel
(adj) having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
"You men, you beasts, / That quench the fire of your pernicious rage / with purple fountains issuing from your veins!” (1.1.75-76)
(noun) clothing, especially outer garments; attire
“When well-appareled April on the heel of limping winter treads” (1.2.27-28).
(adjective) noisy,
rowdy or rough
"Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, / Too rude, too boist'rous; and it pricks like thorn" (1.4.25)