Ben Elliott 11/2/11

Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary 6-10

Phrases: inauspicious: Adj. Suggesting that the future is not very promising or that success is unlikely The bullys inausipicious tone throughly convinced the frightened schoolboy that he would fail his next history test. And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death! Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide! Phoebus: Noun. In Greek mythology, the god Apollo when identified with the Sun With a brilliant flash of blinding light, the god Phoebus appears before the wary travelers. Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, Towards Phoebus' lodging: such a wagoner As Phaethon would whip you to the west, And bring in cloudy night immediately. Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, That runaway's eyes may wink and Romeo Leap to these arms, untalk'd of and unseen. distraught: Adj. Extremely upset and distressed The distraught boy stares in awe at the sea of red marks that now make up his narrative essay. O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught, Environed with all these hideous fears? And madly play with my forefather's joints? And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud?

And, in this rage, with some great kinsman's bone, As with a club, dash out my desperate brains? aqua vitae: Noun. A strong liquor, especially brandy The man swung the large bottle of aqua vitae out from inside his coat pocket and took a lengthy swig of the brew. There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers. Ah, where's my man? give me some aqua vitae: These griefs, these woes, these sorrows make me old. Shame come to Romeo! beguiled: Verb. To win and hold somebody's attention, interest, or devotion His jumps, flips, and amazing acrobats failed to beguile the girl he so passionately loved. Wash they his wounds with tears: mine shall be spent, When theirs are dry, for Romeo's banishment. Take up those cords: poor ropes, you are beguiled, Both you and I; for Romeo is exiled: He made you for a highway to my bed; But I, a maid, die maiden-widowed. Come, cords, come, nurse; I'll to my wedding-bed; And death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!