Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary List
ACT 1
1. Augmenting (v)
2. brawl (n)
3. court (v)
4. despondent (adj)
5. dire (adj)
6. duel (n)
7. grievances (n)
8. heretics (n)
9. kinsmen (n)
10. misgivings (n)
11. pernicious (adj)
12. wither (v)
13. transgression (n)
ACT 2
1. banter (n)
2. enmity (n)
3. feign (v)
4. lamentable (adj)
5. sallow (adj)
6. send word (v)
7. unwieldy (adj)
8. vile (adj)
9. vow (n)
10. waver (n)
11. predominant (adj)
12. cunning (n)
13. intercession (n)
14. procure (v)
ACT 3
1. abhors (v)
2. agile (adj)
3. bait (v)
alack- gee (expression of dismay)an- if
anon- in a minute
aside- little soliloquy
ere- before
ain- gladly
fair- pretty
fickle- can’t make up your mind
hither- here
humorous- fitful
idle- lazy marry- indeed, to marry
methinks- I think / mickle- much
ne’er- never
o’er- over
rancor- hatred
sirrah- servant
soft- wait
suit(or)- proposal, one who proposes
thither- there
wherefore- why
woe- sorrow
woo- to date
zounds- "by God’s wounds"
4. banish (v)
5. disown (v)
6. distraught (adj)
7. eloquence (n)
8. fickle (adj)
9. fray (adj)
10. gallant (adj)
11. impending (adj)
12. tedious (adj)
13. martial (adj)
14. exile (v)
ACT 4
1. bring forward (v)
2. dismal (adj)
3. enjoined (v)
4. keenly (adv)
5. loathsome (adj)
6. ordain (v)
7. pensive (adj)
8. pilgrimage (n)
9. revive (v) simulate (v)
10. summon (v)
11. vial (n)
12. wayward (adj)
ACT 5
1. ambiguities (n)
2. apothecary (n)
3. chastise (v)
4. detestable (adj)
5. devastate (v)
6. hasten (v)
7. haughty (adj)
8. impoverished (adj)
9. quarantine (v)
10. reconcile (v)
11. rouse (v)
12. scourge (n)
13. tolerate (v)
14. vengeance (n)
15. remnants (n)
16. sepulcher (n)
17. penury (n)
Common Words Used in Shakespeare’s Plays