Haste | noun; great speed |
Charnel | noun; a respository for dead bodies |
Peevish | adjective; showing annoyance, irritation, or a bad mood. |
Rosemary | noun; an evergreen shrub, symbol of remembrance |
Amend | verb; to change or revise for the better. |
Pensive | dreamily or wistfully thoughtful; expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness. |
Mandrake | a narcotic, short stemmed plant. resembles a human |
Reek | noun; a strong, unpleasant smell.verb; to exude a powerful smell |
Attire | noun; clothes or apparelverb; dressed in, wearing |
Ordained | verb; to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions, confer holy orders upon, to enact or establish by law, edict |
Minstrel | noun; medievel poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument. |
Minister | noun; a person authorized to conduct religious worship. |
Supple | adjective; bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed, flexible |
Dirge | a funeral song or tune |
Redress | noun and verb; the setting of what is wrong, relief from wrong or injury |
Behoove | verb; to be worthwhile to, as for persinal profit or advantage. |
Execution | noun; the infliction of capital punishment or formerly, of any legal punishment. |
Abate | verb; to reduce in amount, degree, intensity |
Aqua Vitae | alcohol. spirituous liquor, as brandy or whiskey |
Sullen | adjective; showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy or reserve. |
Tarry | verb; to remain or stay, as in place |
Cunning | noun; skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving, craftiness, guile. |
Post horse | noun; a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers. |
Aloof | adverb; at a distance, especially in feeling or interest , apart |
Restorative | adjective; serving to restore, pertaining to restoration |
Pilot | noun; a person qualified to guide or steer in a situation. |
Import | to bring in or introduce from one use, connection, or relation into another. |
Ducat | noun; any of various gold coins formerly issued in various parts of europe. |
Detest | verb; to feel abhorrence of, hate |
Impeach | verb; to accuse before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office |
Wrench | verb; to twist suddenly and forcibly, pull, jerk, of force by a violent twist. |
Apothecary | noun; a druggist, pharmacist |
Perforce | adverb; of necessity. necessarily. |
Cull | verb; to choose, select, pick |
Pestilence | noun; a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. bubonic plague |
Privy | adjective; participating in the knowledge of something private or secret |
Lament | verb; to feel or express sorrow or regret for. |
Ensign | noun; a flag or banner, as a military or naval atandard used to indicate nationality. |
Romeo and Juliet Act 4 & 5 Vocabulary Words
November 1, 2019