Word Study #3 From Act III of Romeo and Juliet
1.dexterity skillfulness, cleverness
2. lamentation weeping, crying
3. calamity disaster, tragedy
4. predicament dilemna, a "mess"
5. digress to stray, wander, go off the point 6. perjury lying under oath, false swearing 7. impulsive hasty, without thought, reckless
8. monologue a long speech told by one with
others listening
9. aside when a character talks to the audience 10. dramatic irony when the audience knows what the
characters don't
2. lamentation weeping, crying
3. calamity disaster, tragedy
4. predicament dilemna, a "mess"
5. digress to stray, wander, go off the point 6. perjury lying under oath, false swearing 7. impulsive hasty, without thought, reckless
8. monologue a long speech told by one with
others listening
9. aside when a character talks to the audience 10. dramatic irony when the audience knows what the
characters don't