Thursday, February 5, 2015

Freshman English--Vocabulary List Six

Romeo and Juliet, Frank Dicksee (1884)
Due February 18, 2015

Directions: Copy the vocabulary words. Most of them have been taken from your textbook; some words/terms are not typical vocabulary words (for example, names of places or allusions to famous things); nevertheless, you should know them. Look up the definitions and parts of speech of each word. Write both in your notebook. (You must handwrite this assignment; not type, or cut and paste). For each of the words, find an excellent context sentence by googling the Internet (always cite your source within parentheses after the sentence--the name of the website). In addition, create an excellent context sentence of your own. Please clearly label the "googled" sentence and your "own" sentence: "I" for Internet sentence; "My" for the sentence that you create. Also underline (or highlight) the vocabulary word in each sentence. All of this work should be written on loose-leaf paper in your notebook, so that it can be turned in for a grade.

  1. doublet
  2. riband
  3. livery
  4. consort
  5. bandy
  6. aspire
  7. respective
  8. lenity
  9. dexterity
  10. retor
  11. agile
  12. Phoebus
  13. Phaeton
  14. modesty
  15. weal
  16. woe
  17. bower
  18. dissembler
  19. beguile
  20. affliction
  21. doomsday
  22. validity
  23. dispute
  24. estate
  25. chide
  26. lark
  27. loath
  28. dram
  29. conduit
  30. minion
  31. hurdle
  32. carrion
  33. smatter
  34. stratagem
  35. damnation
  36. dispraise
  37. twain
Through Act Three, Romeo and Juliet