Romeo and Juliet 7 - 12 Vocabulary
Match the words with their definitions.
1. apothecary n
a. a person who in the past made and sold medicines
2. comfort v
b. hugging
3. dagger n
c. a member of the nobility (=the highest social rank in a society)
4. embrace n
d. to make someone feel better when they are sad or worried
5. hatred n
e. a very sad event or situation
6. horrified adj
f. an extremely strong feeling of dislike
7. lifeless adj
g. a small glass bottle·, especially one containing liquid medicine
8. nobleman n
h. something that is valuable and important and should not be
wasted or used without care
9. overwhelm v
i. to injure someone with a sharp pointed abject such as a knife
10. poison n
j. a substance that ca n make people or animais ill or kill them if they
eat or drink it
11. precious adj
k. showing little or no energy; motionless
12. pretend v
l. to help someone or something out of a dangerous, harmful or
m. unpleasant situation
13. rescue v
n. to cause someone to feel sudden strong emotion
14. stab v
o. to behave as if sth is true when you know that it is not, especially
in order to deceive people
15. tragedy n
p. great problems or troubles
16. vial n
q. a short pointed knife which is sharp on both sides, used especially
in the past as a weapon
17. woe n
r. very shocked