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Romeo and Juliet. Vocabulary 1 Act I, Scene i -iv. Dignity. ( n .) high social rank; having great self-respect. Dignitas (Latin): worthiness. How to fail a test with dignity - . Choler. ( n .) anger; wrath; irritability . Cholera (Latin): cholera. Quarrel.
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Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary 1Act I, Scene i-iv
Dignity • (n.) high social rank; having great self-respect. • Dignitas(Latin): worthiness. How to fail a test with dignity -
Choler • (n.) anger; wrath; irritability. • Cholera (Latin): cholera.
Quarrel • (n.) an angry dispute or argument. • Querela(Latin): to complain.
Propagate • (v.) to make larger; increase in size, number, strength, or extent. • propāgātus(Latin): to reproduce.
Importune • (v.) to beg for (something) urgently or persistently. • Importūnus(Latin): troublesome, relentless.
Discreet • (adj.) careful in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature. • Discernere(Latin): careful.
Assail • (v.) to attack vigorously or violently; assault. • Assalīre(Latin): to leap.
Tread • (v.) to step or walk on, about, in, or along. • Tredan(Old English): to step.
Masque • (n.) a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries; a ball where guests wore masks. • Masque (Middle French): a masked ball; masquerade.
Languish • (v.) to be or become weak or feeble;fade. • Languēre(Latin): to languish.