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Flashcards in Romeo And Juliet Vocab Deck (24)
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1
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Ambiguous

A

Having more than one meaning

2
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Ascend

A

To move upward

3
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Augment

A

To make greater

4
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Baleful

A

Destructive

5
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Beguile

A

To deceive

6
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Boisterous

A

Rough

7
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Dirge

A

Funeral hymn, lament

8
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Disparage

A

To degrade

9
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Dissemble

A

To disguise

10
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Engrossed

A

Completely occupied

11
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Enmity

A

Absolute hatred

12
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Entreaty

A

A plea

13
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Feint

A

A false appearance

14
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Inauspicious

A

Unfavorable

15
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Inudate

A

To flood

16
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Lament

A

To mourn

17
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Obsequious

A

Overly attentive

18
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Penury

A

Extreme poverty

19
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Perjury

A

False testimony under oath

20
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Pernicious

A

Very destructive or harmful

21
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Portent

A

A sign of warning, foreshadowing

22
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Posterity

A

Future generations, descendants of a person

23
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Prate

A

To talk foolishly at great length

24
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Presage

A

Something that foreshadows a future event