1. Romeo and Juliet
Vocabulary

2. augment
I augmented my income by getting a third job.

3. melancholy
Romeo and Juliet is a melancholy play about the tragic deaths of the two titles characters.

4. rapier
I used a rapier to defeat my opponent in the duel.

5. revelry
The wedding I attended was quite the revelry; people celebrated all night long.

6. I must go to shrift to confess my sins.

7. betrothed
I met my cousin’s betrothed at their engagement party.

8. I cherish my family; I hold them dear.

9. Bob chided his dog for eating his shoes.

10. Romeo frequently confides in Friar Laurence.

11. strife
The Capulets and Montagues don’t get along due to an ancient strife.

12. banishment
Which is worse for the Montagues or Capulets, banishment or death?

13. calamity
No matter how hard Prince Escalus tried to end the feuding in the streets with a severe law, it resulted in a great calamity.

14. fickle
Romeo is so fickle that Friar Laurence could see the brine (salt water / tears) on his cheek from loving Rosaline the night before.

15. premonition
Romeo had a premonition, a dream, that indicated it would not be a smart idea to go to the party.

16. woe
Never was there a tragedy filled with more woe than that of Juliet and her Romeo.

17. consent
Romeo and Juliet did not have their parents’ consent to marry one another.

18. inundation
Lord Capulet wanted Juliet to marry Paris to stop the inundation of her tears.

19. lamentable
The Capulets thought that Juliet was in such a lamentable state because of Tybalt’s death.

20. peevish
Lord Capulet becomes instantly peevish when Juliet does not want to marry Paris.

21. solemnity
Romeo and Juliet met at a solemnity at the Capulets. Then they took part in a solemnity when they chose to marry.

22. apothecary
When I was sick, I had to pick up my prescription from the apothecary.

23. enmity
According to the prologue, the deaths of Romeo and Juliet will end the enmity between the Montagues and Capulets.

24. monument
There is a monument of President McKinley in Adams.

25. vial
Juliet drank the potion given to her by Friar Laurence from a vial.

26. vile
The vile feud between the Capulets and Montagues has already caused two tragic deaths.