romeo and juliet vocabulary 1 act i, scene i-iv. dignity (n.) high social rank; having great...
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Romeo and Juliet
Vocabulary 1Act I, Scene i-iv
Dignity
(n.) high social rank; having great self-respect.
Dignitas (Latin): worthiness.
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Choler
(n.) anger; wrath; irritability.
Cholera (Latin): cholera.
Quarrel
(n.) an angry dispute or argument.
Querela (Latin): to complain.
Propagate
(v.) to make larger; increase in size, number, strength, or extent.
propāgātus (Latin): to reproduce.
Importune
(v.) to beg for (something) urgently or persistently.
Importūnus (Latin): troublesome, relentless.
Discreet
(adj.) careful in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature.
Discernere (Latin): careful.
Assail
(v.) to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
Assalīre (Latin): to leap.
Tread
(v.) to step or walk on, about, in, or along.
Tredan (Old English): to step.
Masque
(n.) a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries; a ball where guests wore masks.
Masque (Middle French): a masked ball; masquerade.
Languish
(v.) to be or become weak or feeble; fade.
Languēre (Latin): to languish.
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