Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Act I

Define profaners.

• foreboding

• rough and stormy; violent

• those who have irreverence for what is sacred

• to dislike (someone or something) greatly

Define loathed.

• to free from impurities

• to become weak or feeble

• indistinctly heard; faint

• to dislike (someone or something) greatly

What does pernicious mean?

• evil; wicked

• a person who holds controversial opinions

• future generations

• rough and stormy; violent

Define purged.

• to become weak or feeble

• evil; wicked

• to free from impurities

• regard with respect

What is the meaning of augmenting?

• to make (something already developed) greater

• a violation of a law, command or duty

• a church office endowed with fixed capital assets

• regard with respect

How would you define benefice ?

• to free from impurities

• to dislike (someone or something) greatly

• future generations

• a church office endowed with fixed capital assets

Define portentous .

• foreboding

• indistinctly heard; faint

• rough and stormy; violent

• a person who holds controversial opinions

What is an alderman?

• a church office endowed with fixed capital assets

• those who have irreverence for what is sacred

• a person who holds controversial opinions

• a member of the municipal legislative body

Define transgression.

• to make (something already developed) greater

• a violation of a law, command or duty

• foreboding

• indistinctly heard; faint

What does boisterous mean?

• evil; wicked

• rough and stormy; violent

• to dislike (someone or something) greatly

• a violation of a law, command or duty