- Home
Documents
- Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Act I, Scene v Act II, Scene i-ii
If you can't read please download the document
Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Act I, Scene v Act II, Scene i-ii
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
- Slide 1
- Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Act I, Scene v Act II, Scene
i-ii.
- Slide 2
- Brisk (adj.) Marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic.
Brusque ( French) brisk.
- Slide 3
- Nuptial (adj.) of or pertaining to marriage. Nuptialis (Latin)
wedding
- Slide 4
- Scorn (n.) open or unqualified contempt; dislike. Scorn (Middle
English) scorn
- Slide 5
- Scathe (v.) to attack with severe criticism. Skatha (Old Norse)
scathe
- Slide 6
- Invocation (n.) the act of invoking or calling upon some agent
for assistance. Invocatum (to call forth) Latin
- Slide 7
- Jest (v.) to speak in a playful, humorous way; to joke. Gest
(Middle English) to joke
- Slide 8
- Envious (adj.) full of, feeling, or expressing jealousness.
Invidiousus (Latin) envious
- Slide 9
- Cunning (adj.) skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner.
Cunning (Old English) to know
- Slide 10
- Repose (v.) to lie or be at rest, as from work, activity, etc.
Pausare (Latin) to pause
- Slide 11
- Beseech (v.) to beg eagerly for. Besecan (Old English) to
seek