| Predominant | -(Adverb) -mainly; for the most part.-I play multiple sports but I predominantly play tennis-“And where the worser is predominant,”(II.iii.29). Friar Lawrence -The word predominant has the word dominant in it meaning most important or powerful. |
| Intercession | -noun-The act of intervening and the action of saying a prayer on behalf of another person.-The woman’s intercession at the party offended many people.-“My intercession likewise steads my foe.”(II.iii.54). Romeo -Intervene and intercession are synonyms and they have the same prefix |
| Sallow | -adj.-Looking sickly, an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color-Sally told her friends that she wasn’t feeling well at school because they noticed she looked sallow.-“Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline!” (II.iii.70). Friar Lawrence -Sallow rhymes with yellow and if you look sallow, you look of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color. |
| Lamentable | -adj.-full of or expressing sorrow or grief. People are usually lamentable when a close family member dies.-“Why, is not this a lamentable thing, grandsire,” (II.iv.28-29). Mercutio -Lamentable has the base word lament which rhymes with cement. Feeling like cement would make you feel heavy or depressed |
| Unwieldy | -adj.-difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight. -Julie was moving to a new house and the boxes that needed to be brought inside were unwieldy.-“But old folks, many feign as they were dead, Unwieldy, slow, heavy, and pale as lead.” (II.v.16-17). Juliet -Wield rhymes with yield and when there is a yield sign it means you should be cautious just like if there is an object that is difficult to carry |
| Pernicious | -adj.-Having a bad effort, damaging or detrimental.-“That quench the fire of your pernicious rage,” (I. i. 77).-Molly had a pernicious influence on society. -A synonym of pernicious is dangerous. Dangerous and pernicious both have the same sound of -ous at the end of the word. |
| Adversary | -noun-One’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute.-“Here were the servants of your adversary/And yours, close fighting ere I did approach,” (I. i. 99).-He beat his old adversary in the finals of basketball. -Antagonist is a synonym of opponent, opponent is part of the definition of adversary. An antagonist is the opponent of the protagonist. |
| Augmenting | -verb-To make something greater by adding to it; increase.-“With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew,” (I. i. 125).-He augmented his allowance by adding chores to his list.-Augment and adding both start with ‘A.’ When you add something you make it bigger, which is the definition of augmenting. |
| Grievance | -noun-A complaint about a wrong that causes resentment.-“I’ll know his grievance or be much denied,” (I. i. 150).-Felicia’s grievance made all of her friends upset.-Grievance has griev(e) in it and normally if someone is grieving something is wrong and a grievance is a complaint about something wrong. |
| Oppression | -noun-Prolonged, cruel, or unjust treatment. -“At thy good heart’s oppression,” (I. i. 178).-The oppression of the student caused controversy among the school.-Prolonged means long. Oppression and depression sound alike and depression can occur for a long time, and both oppression and depression are cruel things. |
| Transgression | -noun-An act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offense.-“Why, such is love’s transgression,” (I. i. 179).-Emily’s transgression caused her to be in jail for five years.-In Romeo and Juliet their love is a transgression. |
| Remnants | -noun-Definition: the part of something that is left when the other parts are gone-Contemporary sentence: After the family moved out of their house there were no remnants that they had previously lived there.-Exact Line: “Remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses” (V.i.49). -said by Romeo-Tip: remnant and rat both start with the letter “r” and rats eat garbage/ leftovers |
| Penury | -noun-Definition: the state of being very poor ; extreme poverty-Contemporary sentence: Despite severe penury, Daniella was able to complete school and get a job in Colombia. -Exact Line: “Nothing this penury, to myself I said” (V.i.51). -said by Romeo-Tip: penury and poor both start with the letter “p” and poor is part of the definition |
| Disperse | -verb-Definition: to go or move in different directions; to spread apart-Contemporary sentence: I tried to disperse the chocolate chips throughout the cookie batter so everyone would have chips in their cookie. -Exact Line: “As will disperse itself through all the veins” (V.i.63). -said by Romeo-Tip: Triple D 1. Disperse (means) 2. Different 3. Directions |
| Haughty | -adj.-Definition: arrogantly superior and distasteful -Contemporary sentence: A host who is usually haughty will have few people returning to their parties.-Exact Line: “This is that banished haughty Montague”(V.iii.49) -said by Paris-Tip: Haughty and high both start with “h” and high can mean you have superiority |
| Ambiguities | -noun-Definition: uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language-Contemporary sentence: He has very few ambiguities in his grammar.-Exact Line: “Till we can clear these ambiguities”(V.iii.217) -said by Romeo-Tip: the ending of ambiguities sounds like tease and you tease people when they don’t know what they’re talking about |
| Scourge | -noun-Definition: a person or thing that causes great pain -Contemporary sentence: The scourge of mass unemployment can cause a country to crumble. -Exact Line: “See what a scourge is laid upon your hate”(V.iii.292) -said by Prince-Tip: Scourge and gorge both sound alike and if you fall in a gorge it hurts |
| Gallant | -Adjective -Brave and noble-Logan made an gallant effort to save his math grade before the end of the quarter.-“That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds” (III. i. 113).-Gallant and valiant both end with -ant and both mean brave. |
| Martial | -Adjective -Military, warlike-The fight between the two rival teams was marital.-“And with a marital scorn, with one hand beats cold death aside and with other sends it back to Tybalt” (III. i. 157-159).-Military and martial both start with a “M”. |
| fray | -Noun-Noisy fight-Jimmy got a black eye during the fray.-“Benvolio, who began this bloody fray?” (III. i. 148).-Inside of the word, afraid is part of the, fray. You can become afraid during noisy fights. |
| Fickle | -Adjective-Changeable -The fickle weather made me change from shorts to sweatpants.-“O fortune, fortune! All men call thee fickle” (III. v. 59).-Fickle and fluctuate both start with “F” and are synonyms. |
| exile | -Verb-Banishment -After twenty years in exile, the man finally got to return home.-“Immediately we do exile him hence” (III. i. 183).-Exile and exit both sound the same because of the -exi beginning. |
| Pensive | -adj. -Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.-“My leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now” (IV. i. 40).-Bob was in a very pensive mood while taking his test. -To remember pensive think of the Spanish verb pensar. Pensar means to think and to think is part of the definition of pensive. |
| Wayward | -adj.-Difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior.-“My heart is a wondrous light/Since the same wayward girl is so reclaimed” (IV. ii. 44-45).-The wayward youth was punished for his bad behavior.-To remember wayward think about something being “way” out of bounds or wrong. |
| Dismal | -adj.-Causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy.-“My dismal scene I needs must act alone”(IV, iii, 19).-The dismal weather made her stay inside. -Dismal has a “d”, and so does depressing and dismal means depressing. |
| Loathsome | -adj.-Causing feelings of disgust; revolting; repulsive.-“So early waking, what with loathsome smells” (IV, iii, 46).-The smell was so loathsome, she had to leave the room.-Loaf sounds like loathsome and when a loaf of bread is expired, it will taste disgusting, which is the definition of loathsome. |
| Vial | -noun-a small container, as of glass, for holding liquid.-“Take thou this vial, being then in bed” (IV, i, 94).-She was sad when she dropped her favorite vial of perfume.-Vial rhymes with revival and you can have a container, or vial of water to revive yourself if you’re dehydrated. |
Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Cloud
August 7, 2019