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.