Honors Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Set I

grievance (noun)

an issue or problem one has with another

forfeit (verb)

give up one's right to something

counsel (noun)

advice OR secret thoughts

doff (verb)

to remove; to take off (i.e your hat)

enmity (noun)

hatred

perverse (adjective)

contrary: opposing something for the sake of arguement

impute (verb)

to attribute something to something else; to assign a cause

repose (noun)

rest

strife (noun)

fighting

soft! (interjection)

hold on a minute!" or "wait!

profane (verb)

to make unholy

shrift (noun)

to make confession

visor (noun)

mask

forswear (verb)

to renounce, to give up

thee/thou (pronoun)

you

fay (noun)

faith

dear hap

good fortune (noun)

humorous (adjective)

moody

livery (noun)

clothing worn by a servant of a particular household

o'erperch (verb)

to fly over

contract (noun)

engagement to be married

bounty (noun)

all one has to give

procure (verb)

to get

wanton (noun)

a spoiled child

doublet (noun)

a jacket

fray (noun)

the noise of a battle

wench (noun)

a lowborn woman

fickle (adjective)

changeable (girl changes boyfriends everyday)

unrequited (adjective)

unreturned

rancor (noun)

hatred