Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary 2

Pestilent

• brave and noble

• Warlike; relating to military

• annoying

• Changeable

Melancholy

• Sad; pensive

• arousing pity

• banish

• regard with disgust; detest

Solemnity

• lessened or reduced

• free from pretense or deceit; proceeding from genuine feelings.

• deeply thoughtful

• Formal, dignified ceremony

Woeful

• injustice; complaint

• An enemy, opponent

• Very bad; deplorable

• To deceive; persuade them with charm

Loathsome

• annoying

• sad; pensive

• Disgusting; detestable

• Not in active or in use

True or false: tempered means deeply thoughtful

• True

• False

Pensive

• To deceive; persuade with charm

• very bad; deplorable

• difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight

• deeply; thoughtful

Abhorred

• Regard with disgust; detest

• lessened or reduced

• arousing pity

• Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control

fickle

• Of a sickly, pale-yellowish complexion

• lessened or reduced

• Changeable

• the act of intervening on behalf of another

tempered

• banish

• arousing pity

• lessened or reduce

• obtain (something), especially with care or effort.