Inundation | To flood; to overwhelm |
Slander | Defamation; malicious |
Pensive | Thinking deeply or seriously |
Vial | Small bottle containing medicine or other liquids. |
Valor | Courage |
Enjoined | Ordered |
Peevish | Showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood. |
Wayward | Insistent upon having one’s way; headstrong. |
Dismal | Causing gloom or misery. |
Festering | Putrefying or rotting. |
Loathsome | Disgusting. |
Lamentable | That which is regrettable; unfortunate. |
Pilgrimage | Long journey. |
Beguiled | Tricked; misled. |
Martyred | To put to death for devotion to religious beliefs; to inflict great pain on. |
Solemnity | The state of being in a sober or very serious mood or condition. |
Melancholy | Gloominess; a depressed state. |
Remnants | Remaining persons or things. |
Penury | Extreme poverty |
Apothecary | One who prepares and sells drugs and medicines. |
Dram | A unit of apothecary weight when measuring drugs. |
Cordial | A health-giving drink.. |
Pestilence | A deadly or virulent epidemic disease. |
Be-shrew | To blame. |
Distilled | Processed to concentrate and purify. |
Inexorable | Unyielding; unalterable. |
Haughty | Arrogant. |
Peruse | To read through with thoroughness or care. |
Amorous | Inclined to or expressing love. |
Paramour | A love, especially of a married person. |
Inauspicious | Promising misfortune; ill-omened |
Engrossing | All-encompassing |
Unsavory | Unpleasant in taste or smell. |
Sepulcher | Tomb. |
Ambiguities | Statements or events whose meanings are unclear. |
Dire | Causing great fear or suffering; terrible; horrible. |
Privy | Secretly informed. |
Scourge | Whip or other instrument for inflicting punishment. |
Brace | A pair. |
Romeo and Juliet Act 4 and Act 5 Vocabulary Words
July 31, 2019