Romeo & Juliet A2S6

Isabel F.
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  1. countervail
    oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
    But come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight.
    Romeo
    Line 4
  2. loathsome
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
    The sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite.
    Friar Lawrence
    Line 12
  3. triumph
    a successful ending of a struggle or contest
    These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume.
    Friar Lawrence
    Line 10
  4. flint
    a hard kind of stone
    Oh, so light a foot will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.
    Juliet
    Line 17
  5. confound
    be confusing or perplexing to
    The sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite.
    Friar Lawrence
    Line 13
  6. bestride
    get up on the back of
    A lover may bestride the gossamers that idles in the wanton summer air, and yet not fall.
  7. gossamer
    a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
    A lover may bestride the gossamers that idles in the wanton summer air, and yet not fall.
    Juliet
    Line 18
  8. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
    A lover may bestride the gossamers that idles in the wanton summer air, and yet not fall.
    Juliet
    Line 19
  9. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
    That after-hours with sorrow chide us not.
    Friar Lawrence
    Line 2
  10. idle
    not in action or at work
    A lover may bestride the gossamers that idles in the wanton summer air, and yet not fall
    Juliet
    Line 19
Created on Thu Mar 22 20:42:25 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Mar 26 22:32:26 EDT 2012)

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