Romeo and Juliet

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adversary an enemy or opponent forfeit something surrendered or subject to surrender as punishment for a crime, an offense, an error, or a breach of contract valiant boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted vile loathsome; disgusting chide to express disapproval of; scold; reproach minstrel a musician, singer, or poet exile to expel or banish a person from his or her country repent to feel sorry for; regret lament an expression of grief or sorrow inundate to flood or to overwhelm slander a malicious, false, or defamatory statement or report vial a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids vengeance infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge peruse to read through with thoroughness or care tedious long and tiresome