| profaners | (n.)- those who have irreverance for what is sacred |
| pernicious | (adj.)- evil; wicked; extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
| augmenting | (vb.)- to make (something already developed) greater |
| portentous | (n.)- foreboding |
| transgression | (n.)- a violation of a law, command, or duty |
| languish | (vb.)- to become weak or feeble; to lie around and do nothing |
| heretics | (n.)- one who holds controversial views |
| esteem | (vb.)- regard with respect |
| obscured | (adj.)- indistinctly heard; faint; hidden |
| boisterous | (adj.)- rough and stormy; violent |
| alderman | (n.)- a member of the municipal legislative body |
| benefice | (n.)- a church office endowed with fixed capital |
| purged | (vb.)- to free from impurities |
| loathed | (vb.)- to dislike (something or someone) greatly |
| invocation | (n.)- an incantation used in conjuring |
| envious | (adj.)- feeling, expressing, or characterized by envy |
| discourse | (vb.)- to narrate or discuss |
| enmity | (n.)- deep-seated, often mutual hatred |
| impute | (vb.)- to attribute; credit |
| predominant | (n.)- most common or conspicuous |
| chide | (vb.)- to express disapproval |
| rancor | (n.)- bitter |
| lamentable | (vb.)- to express grief for or about |
| poultice | (n.)- a soft, moist mass of bread, meal, clay, or other substance |
| drudge | (n.)- a person who does tedious, menial, or unpleasant work |
| appertaining | (vb.)- to belong as a proper function or part |
| consort | (vb.)- to keep company with; (n.)- a companion or partner |
| mantle | (n.)- cloak |
| beguiled | (vb.)- to deceive by guile |
| validity | (n.)- well grounded; the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to |
| abhors | (vb.)- to reject vehemently |
| beseech | (vb.)- to request earnestly |
| inundation | (n.)- to cover with water; the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land |
| prorogue | (vb.)- to discontinue a session |
| arbitrating | (vb.)- to submit to settlement or judgement by arbitration |
| orisons | (n.)- prayer |
| culled | (vb.)- to gather; collect |
| solace | (vb.)- give moral or emotional strength to; (n.)- comfort in sorrow |
| dirges | (n.)- a funeral hymn or lament |
| presage | (n.)- a sign of something about to happen; omen |
| penury | (n.)- a state of extreme poverty or destitution |
| impeach | (vb.)- to challenge the validity of; tory to discredit |
| tedious | (adj.)- moving or progressing very slowly |
| posterity | (n.)- future generations |
romeo and juliet vocab
November 30, 2019