Romeo & Juliet Vocabulary

One that contends with, opposes, or resists

• adversary

• heretic

• quarrel

• procure

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

increasing the size or amount

• merit

• augmenting

• counterfeit

• fickle

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

To beg for urgently or anxiously

• sallow

• deceit

• beseech

• exile

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• adversary

• grievance

• transgression

• vengeance

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A good quality or feature that deserves to be praised

• invocation

• disposition

• merit

• gallant

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

cleverness or skill especially at tricking people in order to get something

• cunning

• pernicious

• intercession

• unwieldy

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The act of asking for help or support especially from a god

• intercession

• invocation

• fray

• exile

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Have superior strength, influence, or authority

• predominant

• fickle

• gallant

• sallow

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

slightly yellow in a way that does not look healthy

• pernicious

• sallow

• fray

• lamentable

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Not easily handled, managed, or used

• solemnity

• loathsome

• unwieldy

• deceit

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4