Romeo and Juliet act1 scene4

Paul H.
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  1. hoodwink
    conceal one's true motives from
    We'll have no Cupid hoodwink'd with a scarf
    Benvolio
    paragraph 2
    line 4
  2. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
    Is love a tender thing? it is too rough, Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.
    Romeo
    paragraph 9
    line 26
  3. visage
    the human face
    Give me a case to put my visage in
    Mercutio
    paragraph 10
    line 29
  4. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
    A torch for me: let wantons light of heart Tickle the senseless rushes with their heels
    Romeo
    paragraph 12
    line 35
  5. nimble
    moving quickly and lightly
    Not I, believe me: you have dancing shoes With nimble soles: I have a soul of lead So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.
    Romeo
    paragraph 5
    line 15
  6. mire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
    If thou art dun, we'll draw thee from the mire
    Mercutio
    paragraph 13
    line 41
  7. tainted
    touched by rot or decay
    Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are
    Mercutio
    paragraph 23
    line 77
  8. courtier
    an attendant for a monarch
    Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier's nose, And then dreams he of smelling out a suit;
    Mercutio
    paragraph 23
    line 78
  9. benefice
    an endowed church office giving income to its holder
    Then dreams, he of another benefice
    Mercutio
    paragraph 23
    line 82
  10. ambuscade
    wait in hiding to attack
    And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five-fathom deep
    Mercutio
    paragraph 23
    line 85
Created on Tue Mar 20 22:58:31 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Mar 27 21:02:24 EDT 2012)

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