9 Romeo and Juliet vocab

mutiny

Open rebellion against authority

transgressions

an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offense

heretics

those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachings of a church

cunning

having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion

counterfeit

(n.) an imitation designed to deceive; (adj.) not genuine, fake; (v.) to make an illegal copy

confidence

a feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something

exile

the state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

banishment

the punishment of being sent away from a country or other place

pardon

a release from legal punishment

lamentable

to be regretted or pitied

distressed

suffering from anxiety, sorrow, or pain

melancholy

sadness

desperate

having lost all hope; despairing; reckless and violent because of loss of hope or despair; undertaken as a last resort

meager

(adj.) poor, scant, unsatisfactory; thin, slight

misery

a feeling of great unhappiness

penury

(n.) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency