Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Cloud
Predominant
-(Adverb) -mainly; for the most part. -I play multiple sports but I predominantly play tennis -"And where the worser is predominant,"(II.iii.29). Friar Lawrence -The word predominant has the word dominant in it meaning most important or powerful.
Fickle
-Adjective -Changeable -The fickle weather made me change from shorts to sweatpants. -"O fortune, fortune! All men call thee fickle" (III. v. 59). -Fickle and fluctuate both start with "F" and are synonyms.
Gallant
-Adjective -Brave and noble -Logan made an gallant effort to save his math grade before the end of the quarter. -"That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds" (III. i. 113). -Gallant and valiant both end with -ant and both mean brave.
Martial
-Adjective -Military, warlike -The fight between the two rival teams was marital. -"And with a marital scorn, with one hand beats cold death aside and with other sends it back to Tybalt" (III. i. 157-159). -Military and martial both start with a "M".
fray
-Noun -Noisy fight -Jimmy got a black eye during the fray. -"Benvolio, who began this bloody fray?" (III. i. 148). -Inside of the word, afraid is part of the, fray. You can become afraid during noisy fights.
exile
-Verb -Banishment -After twenty years in exile, the man finally got to return home. -"Immediately we do exile him hence" (III. i. 183). -Exile and exit both sound the same because of the -exi beginning.
Loathsome
-adj. -Causing feelings of disgust; revolting; repulsive. -"So early waking, what with loathsome smells" (IV, iii, 46). -The smell was so loathsome, she had to leave the room. -Loaf sounds like loathsome and when a loaf of bread is expired, it will taste disgusting, which is the definition of loathsome.
Dismal
-adj. -Causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy. -"My dismal scene I needs must act alone"(IV, iii, 19). -The dismal weather made her stay inside. -Dismal has a "d", and so does depressing and dismal means depressing.
Haughty
-adj. -Definition: arrogantly superior and distasteful -Contemporary sentence: A host who is usually haughty will have few people returning to their parties. -Exact Line: "This is that banished haughty Montague"(V.iii.49) -said by Paris -Tip: Haughty and high both start with "h" and high can mean you have superiority
Wayward
-adj. -Difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior. -"My heart is a wondrous light/Since the same wayward girl is so reclaimed" (IV. ii. 44-45). -The wayward youth was punished for his bad behavior. -To remember wayward think about something being "way" out of bounds or wrong.
Pernicious
-adj. -Having a bad effort, damaging or detrimental. -"That quench the fire of your pernicious rage," (I. i. 77). -Molly had a pernicious influence on society. -A synonym of pernicious is dangerous. Dangerous and pernicious both have the same sound of -ous at the end of the word.
Sallow
-adj. -Looking sickly, an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color -Sally told her friends that she wasn't feeling well at school because they noticed she looked sallow. -"Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline!" (II.iii.70). Friar Lawrence -Sallow rhymes with yellow and if you look sallow, you look of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color.
Unwieldy
-adj. -difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight. -Julie was moving to a new house and the boxes that needed to be brought inside were unwieldy. -"But old folks, many feign as they were dead, Unwieldy, slow, heavy, and pale as lead." (II.v.16-17). Juliet -Wield rhymes with yield and when there is a yield sign it means you should be cautious just like if there is an object that is difficult to carry
Lamentable
-adj. -full of or expressing sorrow or grief. People are usually lamentable when a close family member dies. -"Why, is not this a lamentable thing, grandsire," (II.iv.28-29). Mercutio -Lamentable has the base word lament which rhymes with cement. Feeling like cement would make you feel heavy or depressed
Pensive
-adj. -Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought. -"My leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now" (IV. i. 40). -Bob was in a very pensive mood while taking his test. -To remember pensive think of the Spanish verb pensar. Pensar means to think and to think is part of the definition of pensive.
Grievance
-noun -A complaint about a wrong that causes resentment. -"I'll know his grievance or be much denied," (I. i. 150). -Felicia's grievance made all of her friends upset. -Grievance has griev(e) in it and normally if someone is grieving something is wrong and a grievance is a complaint about something wrong.
Transgression
-noun -An act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offense. -"Why, such is love's transgression," (I. i. 179). -Emily's transgression caused her to be in jail for five years. -In Romeo and Juliet their love is a transgression.
Scourge
-noun -Definition: a person or thing that causes great pain -Contemporary sentence: The scourge of mass unemployment can cause a country to crumble. -Exact Line: "See what a scourge is laid upon your hate"(V.iii.292) -said by Prince -Tip: Scourge and gorge both sound alike and if you fall in a gorge it hurts
Remnants
-noun -Definition: the part of something that is left when the other parts are gone -Contemporary sentence: After the family moved out of their house there were no remnants that they had previously lived there. -Exact Line: "Remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses" (V.i.49). -said by Romeo -Tip: remnant and rat both start with the letter "r" and rats eat garbage/ leftovers
Penury
-noun -Definition: the state of being very poor ; extreme poverty -Contemporary sentence: Despite severe penury, Daniella was able to complete school and get a job in Colombia. -Exact Line: "Nothing this penury, to myself I said" (V.i.51). -said by Romeo -Tip: penury and poor both start with the letter "p" and poor is part of the definition
Ambiguities
-noun -Definition: uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language -Contemporary sentence: He has very few ambiguities in his grammar. -Exact Line: "Till we can clear these ambiguities"(V.iii.217) -said by Romeo -Tip: the ending of ambiguities sounds like tease and you tease people when they don't know what they're talking about
Adversary
-noun -One's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute. -"Here were the servants of your adversary/And yours, close fighting ere I did approach," (I. i. 99). -He beat his old adversary in the finals of basketball. -Antagonist is a synonym of opponent, opponent is part of the definition of adversary. An antagonist is the opponent of the protagonist.
Oppression
-noun -Prolonged, cruel, or unjust treatment. -"At thy good heart's oppression," (I. i. 178). -The oppression of the student caused controversy among the school. -Prolonged means long. Oppression and depression sound alike and depression can occur for a long time, and both oppression and depression are cruel things.
Intercession
-noun -The act of intervening and the action of saying a prayer on behalf of another person. -The woman's intercession at the party offended many people. -"My intercession likewise steads my foe."(II.iii.54). Romeo -Intervene and intercession are synonyms and they have the same prefix
Vial
-noun -a small container, as of glass, for holding liquid. -"Take thou this vial, being then in bed" (IV, i, 94). -She was sad when she dropped her favorite vial of perfume. -Vial rhymes with revival and you can have a container, or vial of water to revive yourself if you're dehydrated.
Disperse
-verb -Definition: to go or move in different directions; to spread apart -Contemporary sentence: I tried to disperse the chocolate chips throughout the cookie batter so everyone would have chips in their cookie. -Exact Line: "As will disperse itself through all the veins" (V.i.63). -said by Romeo -Tip: Triple D 1. Disperse (means) 2. Different 3. Directions
Augmenting
-verb -To make something greater by adding to it; increase. -"With tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew," (I. i. 125). -He augmented his allowance by adding chores to his list. -Augment and adding both start with 'A.' When you add something you make it bigger, which is the definition of augmenting.
