| Inundation | To flood; to overwhelm |
| Slander | Defamation; malicious |
| Pensive | Thinking deeply or seriously |
| Vial | Small bottle containing medicine or other liquids. |
| Valor | Courage |
| Enjoined | Ordered |
| Peevish | Showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood. |
| Wayward | Insistent upon having one’s way; headstrong. |
| Dismal | Causing gloom or misery. |
| Festering | Putrefying or rotting. |
| Loathsome | Disgusting. |
| Lamentable | That which is regrettable; unfortunate. |
| Pilgrimage | Long journey. |
| Beguiled | Tricked; misled. |
| Martyred | To put to death for devotion to religious beliefs; to inflict great pain on. |
| Solemnity | The state of being in a sober or very serious mood or condition. |
| Melancholy | Gloominess; a depressed state. |
| Remnants | Remaining persons or things. |
| Penury | Extreme poverty |
| Apothecary | One who prepares and sells drugs and medicines. |
| Dram | A unit of apothecary weight when measuring drugs. |
| Cordial | A health-giving drink.. |
| Pestilence | A deadly or virulent epidemic disease. |
| Be-shrew | To blame. |
| Distilled | Processed to concentrate and purify. |
| Inexorable | Unyielding; unalterable. |
| Haughty | Arrogant. |
| Peruse | To read through with thoroughness or care. |
| Amorous | Inclined to or expressing love. |
| Paramour | A love, especially of a married person. |
| Inauspicious | Promising misfortune; ill-omened |
| Engrossing | All-encompassing |
| Unsavory | Unpleasant in taste or smell. |
| Sepulcher | Tomb. |
| Ambiguities | Statements or events whose meanings are unclear. |
| Dire | Causing great fear or suffering; terrible; horrible. |
| Privy | Secretly informed. |
| Scourge | Whip or other instrument for inflicting punishment. |
| Brace | A pair. |
Romeo and Juliet Act 4 and Act 5 Vocabulary Words
July 31, 2019