| marred | impair the appearance of; disfigure |
| profane | grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred |
| marred | No wrinkles ______ her face. |
| portentous | of momentous or great significance; giving a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen |
| profane | Had his coach’s possibly ______ refrain, “Damn, Daniel,” done poor Passino in? |
| adjective (portentous) | “”such a portentous…monster raised all my curiosity”- Herman Melville” |
| portentous | such a ______…monster raised all my curiosity |
| verb (profane) | How is this word used in the sentence?”it was a serious matter to profane a tomb” |
| adjective (profane) | How is this word used in the sentence?”a talk that tackled topics both sacred and profane” |
| noun (portentous) | How is this word used in the sentence?The lord was clothed with such portentousness of unconscious power he scared everyone away. |
| verb | profane |
| adjective | profaned |
| adverb (profane) | How is this word used in the sentence?”he kept wondering profanely why everything bad happened to him” |
| adverb | profanely |
| noun | profaneness |
| noun (profane) | How is this word used in the sentence?He never fell into the scandalous and fashionable vice of profaneness |
| noun | portentousness |
| adverb | portentously |
| adverb (portentous) | How is this word used in the sentence?He was described as a portentously wise youth. |
| verb (marred) | How is this word used in the sentence? The pen mark that mars your crisp, white shirt. |
| verb | mar |
| adjective | marred |
| adjective (marred) | How is this word used in the sentence?The walls were marred with graffiti. |
| verb (marred) | How is this word used in the sentence?Nothing marred her beauty. |
| noun (marred) | … |
Act I – Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary
November 2, 2019