Unit 4: Selection Vocabulary 2

This list covers The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, "Amigo Brothers," and "Thank You, M'am."
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  1. trencher
    a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
    Where’s Potpan, that he helps not to take away? He shift a trencher? he scrape a trencher!
  2. nuptials
    the social event at which the marriage ceremony is performed
    What, man! ’tis not so much, ’tis not so much:
    ’Tis since the nuptials of Lucentio,
    Come pentecost as quickly as it will,
    Some five and twenty years; and then we mask’d.
  3. disparagement
    a communication that belittles somebody or something
    I would not for the wealth of all the town
    Here in my house do him disparagement
  4. intrusion
    entrance by force or without permission or welcome
    I will withdraw: but this intrusion shall
    Now seeming sweet convert to bitter gall.
  5. profane
    violate the sacred character of a place or language
    If I profane with my unworthiest hand
    This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
    My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
    To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
  6. bout
    a contest or fight
    Each had fought many bouts representing their community and had won two gold-plated medals plus a silver and bronze medallion.
  7. barrage
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area
    Antonio then beat the air with a barrage of body blows and short devastating lefts with an overhand jaw-breaking right.
  8. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
    Tony scratched his nose pensively. “Yeah, it would be better for our heads.” He held out his hand, palm upward. “Deal?”
  9. dispel
    force to go away
    If Felix had any small doubt about their friendship affecting their fight, it was being neatly dispelled.
  10. frenzied
    affected with or marked by mania uncontrolled by reason
    Only the frenzied screaming of those along the ringside let him know that he had dropped Antonio.
  11. frail
    physically weak
    He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and blue jeans.
  12. roomer
    a tenant in someone’s house who typically receives meals
    The boy could hear other roomers laughing and talking in the large house.
  13. daybed
    an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night
    The woman was sitting on the day-bed.
  14. presentable
    fit to be seen
    You might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable.
  15. mistrust
    regard with suspicion
    He did not trust the woman not to trust him. And he did not want to be mistrusted now.
Created on Thu Apr 08 15:23:47 EDT 2021 (updated Tue Apr 13 16:40:31 EDT 2021)

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