R&J 1BH Act I vocabulary quiz

augment

• to make greater or supplement
• to argue
• to decrease in volume
• to act out in public

boisterous

• an abundance of boys
• calm unafraid
• rowdy or rough
• distracted or confused

valiant

• fearful
• embarrassed
• violent
• courageous

pernicious

• greedy and selfish
• famished or starving
• very destructive or harmful
• hateful

portentous

• dealing with a sign, forewarning, or omen
• traveling or a journey
• loud and overbearing
• causing mayhem or stirring up trouble

posterity

• excellent psture
• future generations
• kindness
• a shelter

profane

• showing contempt toward sacred things
• a type of gase
• large area of land
• showing kindness

choler

• happiness, joy
• a disease of the liver
• part of a garment by the neck
• anger, irritability

virtuous

• seeking approval
• having excellent morals; righteous
• having no morals; sinful
• a person who exhibits extreme talent

prodigious

• plain, not noticable
• sorrowful, sad
• extraordinary, marvelous
• limp, lifeless