Romeo and Juliet, Act I Vocabulary

fray

• a verbal altercation

• a scuffle; a small fight

• deep resentment or ill will

• a spreading sore

portentous

• a grave or serious matter

• very likely to go

• full of danger or risk

• a spreading sore

scorn

• a scuffle

• a spreading sore

• deep resentment or ill will

• to reject as unworthy

quarrel

• verbal altercation

• a large fight in a crowd

• a spreading sore

• deep resentment or ill will

canker

• intending to go

• deep resentment or ill will

• a spreading sore

• a verbal altercation

forswear

• to renounce earnestly

• to infect

• to hold resentment

• to fight

bound

• to fight

• to hold resentment

• intending to go; very likely

• to infect

parlous

• a verbal altercation

• full of danger

• a sore

• resentment

grudge

• a sore

• a feeling of resentment or ill will

• a scuffle

• bravery

brawl

• a verbal altercation

• resentment or ill will

• a sore

• a large fight in a crowd