Excerpts from "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet"

In this list drawn from the Prologue and excerpts from Acts 1, 3 and 4 of William Shakespeare's tragedy of star-crossed lovers, you will encounter fighting words.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 5's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: As You Like It, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story, Is Shakespeare still relevant, Shakespeare marathon, Iraq learns from Shakespeare, How Shakespeare Changed Everything, Kentucky inmates turned actors, Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy, Texting Makes U Stupid, give the Bard the heave-ho
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  1. grudge
    a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
    From ancient grudge break to new mutiny
  2. civil
    of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
    Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean
  3. fatal
    bringing death
    From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
  4. strife
    bitter conflict; heated or violent dissension
    Doth with their death bury their parents' strife
  5. rage
    a feeling of intense anger
    And the continuance of their parents' rage
  6. naught
    a quantity of no importance
    Which, but their children's end, naught could remove
  7. quarrel
    have a disagreement over something
    My naked weapon is out: quarrel, I will back thee.
  8. disgrace
    a state of dishonor
    I will bite my thumb at them, which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it.
  9. manage
    handle effectively
    put up thy sword,
    Or manage it to part these men with me.
  10. coward
    a person who shows fear or timidity
    As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee:
    Have at thee, coward!
  11. vile
    morally reprehensible
    O calm, dishonourable, vile submission!
  12. rapier
    a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
    Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier up.
  13. bandy
    exchange blows
    Tybalt, Mercutio, the Prince expressly hath
    Forbidden bandying in Verona streets
  14. spite
    meanness or nastiness
    The tears have got small victory by that;
    For it was bad enough before their spite.
  15. slander
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
    Thy face is mine, and thou hast slander'd it.
Created on Mon Sep 29 13:18:16 EDT 2014 (updated Tue Sep 30 18:24:12 EDT 2014)

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