| inundation | to flood |
| inundation | “To stop the ____ of her tears” |
| pensive | dreamily or wistfully thoughtful |
| pensive | “My leisure serves me, _____ daughter, now” |
| shield | forbid |
| shield | “God ____ I should disturb devotion!” |
| surcease | stop |
| surcease | “Shall keep native progress, but ____;” |
| behests | a command or directive |
| behests | “To you and your ____, and am enjoyed” |
| wayward | disobedient (turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful) |
| wayward | “Since this same ____ girl is so reclaimed” |
| culled | to choose: select: pick |
| culled | “No, madam; we have _____ such necessaries” |
| mandrakes | plants resembling the human body which were said to grow beneath the gallows and to scream when torn up |
| mandrakes | “So early waking- what with loathsome smells/ And shrieks like ___ torn out of the earth” |
| lamentable | regrettable; unfortunate |
| lamentable | ” O _____ day!” |
| dirges | a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead |
| dirges | ” Our solemn hymns to sullen ____ change;” |
| presage | foretell |
| presage | “My dreams ____ some joyful news at hand.” |
| import | to involve as a necessary circumstance; imply |
| import | “Your looks are pale and wild, and do ______ /Some misadventure.” |
| beshrew | to curse; invoke evil upon |
| beshrew | “She will _____ me much that Romeo” |
| inexorable | unyielding; unalterable |
| inexorable | “More fierce and more ____ far” |
| detestable | abominable; hateful |
| detestable | “Tho ____ maw, thou womb of death,” |
| inauspicious | boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable |
| inauspicious | “And shake the yoke of ______ stars” |
| unsavory | offensive |
| unsavory | “Come, bitter conduct, come, _____ guide” |
| restorative | Capable of restoring health or strength |
| restorative | “To make me die with a _____.” |
Romeo and Juliet Act 4 & 5 vocabulary
September 12, 2019