| doublet | a close fitting jacket (sometimes worn with a short skirt, and a common dress for men during the Renaissance) |
| bandy | fighting or to throw or strike to and fro from side to side (a ball, in tennis, for example) |
| truce | a suspension of hostilities for a period for time; cease-fire (peace) |
| naught | nothing or worthless, evil |
| vestal | of or pertaining to the Roman goddess Vesta (goddess of the hearth); a characteristic of a chaste, pure virgin |
| fickle | not constant or loyal in affections; likely to change due to instability or irresolution |
| livery | a distinctive uniform; garb, attire, dress |
| villain | a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime |
| cockatrice | a fabled serpent that could kill with its glance |
| beguile | to influence through deception or mislead or to take away by cheating or deceiving |
| unseemly | inappropriate for time or place |
| procure | to obtain by care, effort, or the use of special means |
| devise | to contrive, plan or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas |
| valor | bravery, courage |
| affliction | a distressed or painful state; misery OR a cause of physical anguish |
| wreak | to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.) |
| appertain | to belong as a rightful attribute or part; pertain |
| untimely | not timely; not occurring at a suitable time or season; ill-timed |
| dissemble | to give a false or misleading appearance to OR to conceal one’s true motives |
| doom | fate, destiny OR pain or death |
| commend | to speak well or praise OR recommend |
| minion | a servile follower or subordinate |
| consort | to accompany or wait upon OR to combine to make music |
| tempest | a violent windstorm, usually accompanied by rain OR a violent disturbance |
| dexterity | a skill n using one’s hands or body OR skill in using the mind; cleverness |
Romeo and Juliet – Act 3 Vocabulary
July 16, 2019