| alderman | a member of the municipal legislative body |
| appertaining | belonging to as a proper function or part |
| arbitrating | negotiating differences through an impartial third party |
| augmenting | making something already developed greater |
| beguiled | deceived by guile |
| benefice | a church office endowed with fixed capital assets |
| beseech | request earnestly |
| boisterous | rough and stormy; noisy and excited |
| chide | express disapproval |
| consort | a companion or partner |
| culled | gathered; collected |
| dirge | funeral hymn or lament |
| discourse | narrate or discuss |
| enmity | deep seated, often mutual hatred |
| envious | jealous |
| esteem | regard with respect |
| heretic | person who holds opinions contrary to the beliefs of others in a group |
| impeach | challenge the validity of something |
| impute | to attribute; to credit |
| inundation | covering with water; a swamping |
| invocation | incantation used in conjuring |
| lamentable | causing grief |
| languish | be or become weak or feeble |
| loathed | disliked |
| mantle | cloak; coat |
| obscured | indistinctly heard; partially hidden from the senses |
| orisons | prayers |
| penury | destitution |
| pernicious | evil; wicked |
| portentous | foreboding |
| posterity | future generations |
| poultice | a soft, moist mass of bread, meal or clay |
| predominant | most common or conspicuous |
| presage | an omen |
| profaners | those showing irreverence for what is sacred |
| prorogue | discontinue a session |
| purged | freed from impurities |
| rancor | bitterness |
| solace | comfort in sorrow |
| tedious | moving or progressing very slowly |
| transgression | violation of a law |
| validity | good health; how sound something is |
Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Word List
November 15, 2019