Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary for Act 5

Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary for Act 5

Privy adj. - Secretly informed about. Participating in the knowledge of something private or secret (usually followed by to): Many persons were privy to the plot.

All this I know, and to the marriageHer nurse is privy; (Shakespeare 868)Inauspicious adj.- Promising misfortune; ill-omened; unfavorableO, here will I set up my everlasting restAnd shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh. (Shakespeare 868)

Rigor adj. - StrictnessBe sacrificed some hour before his timeUnto the rigor of severest law. (Shakespeare 856)

Ambiguities n. statements or events whose meanings are unclearSeal up the mouth of outrage for a while, Till we can clear these ambiguities And know their spring, their head, their true descent; (Shakespeare 872)

Scourge n. Whip or other instrument for inflicting punishment

Where be these enemies? Capulet, Montague, See what scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love. (Shakespeare 873)Penury n. extreme poverty

Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses Were thinly scattered, to make up a show. Noting this penury, to myself I saidRemnants n. remaining persons or things

Haughty adj. - arrogant

This is that banished haughty MontagueThat murdred my loves cousinShakespeare 866)

Apothecary n. One who prepares and sells drugs and medicines

I do remember an apothecaryAnd if a man did need a poison nowWhose sale is present death in Mantua (Shakespeare 862)

Inexorable adj. - uncontrollable

The time and my intents are savage-wild, More fierce and more inexorable farThan empty tigers or the roaring sea.Cordial n. Health giving drink. Adj. - courteous and gracious; friendly; warm

Come, cordial and not poison, go with meTo Juliets grave; for there must I use thee. (Shakespeare 862) Sepulcher n. TombAlas, alack, what blood is this which stainsThe stony entrance of this sepulcher? (Shakespeare 869)

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