Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Vocab Review

to beg for urgently or anxiously

• grievance

• beseech

• quarrel

• augmenting

one that contends with, opposes, or resists

• heretics

• merit

• quarrel

• adversary

a dissenter from established religious dogma (someone who goes against the typical religious expectations and practices)

• heretic

• transgression

• adversary

• pernicious

causing great harm or damage in a way that is not obvious

• grievance

• pernicious

• solemnity

• beseech

being formal or serious

• augmenting

• solemnity

• merit

• beseech

increasing the size of amount

• augmenting

• adversary

• merit

• quarrel

a statement in which you say you are unhappy or not satisfied with something

• quarrel

• adversary

• transgression

• grievance

a good quality or feature that deserves to be praised

• pernicious

• beseech

• solemnity

• merit

a usual verbal conflict between antagonists

• augmenting

• quarrel

• adversary

• heretic

infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty

• grievance

• beseech

• transgression

• pernicious