Romeo and Juliet



Romeo and Juliet

[Vocabulary, Round Four]

1. unwieldy (un – weel – dee) adj.: difficult to manage or handle

2. peruse (puh – rooz) verb: To read or examine, typically with great care. (Contradictorily, it can also

mean to scan or browse)

Peruse the document; don’t just skim over it. There may be some mistakes on it.

3. wanton (wahn – tun) adj.: immoral; lacking modesty

4. perjured (purr – jurrd) verb: to deliberately give false and/or misleading information [usually while under oath during a court hearing]

When we last left Dirk, he had gotten silk from the caterpillars and was trying to sneak back into the lost city in his bowling outfit to try and find Violet. However, the guards were watching him, and as he rounded a corner, he was struck forcefully on the back of the head with a rooster and immediately knocked senseless. As he slumbered in this unconscious state, a memory of Violet played in his mind. I take you now to the past: Dirk lay on his back writhing in agony… a potent reminder of last night’s wanton antics. You see, he cheated on his girlfriend, Violet, and was caught when the girl turned out to be Violet’s astrologist. Later that night, when the girl in question phoned Violet to tell her about this great guy she just met, the worms bolted out of the can faster than you can say “Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.” (It’s a lung disease.) Dirk had mislead Violet before about his daily activities, but now, he had perjured one time too many. To get even, she mailed him an unwieldy and pungent package full of last week’s garbage. Suspicious, he decided to peruse it once inside the confines of his home. Well, as he carried the package upstairs, because of the difficulty he had carrying it, he lost his balance and fell forward. The package soared to the ground opening its disgusting contents for all the world to view, and Dirk landed face first into the contents therein. Karma!

5. lenity (lehn – ih – tee) noun: the quality of being merciful

6. amorous (aam – urr – uhs) adj.: indicates love and/or sexual desire

7. garish (gair – ish) adj.: loud and flashy as to be uncomfortable for the viewer; glaring

Dirk, though, found out the sender of the rank and rancid package, as he had a friend at the post office. Not being one given to lenity, he plotted his revenge. He would undergo plastic surgery, and make her feel amorous towards him again. Then, when she was deep within Cupid’s architecture, he would buy her – and insist that she wear them if she truly loved him – the most garish of outfits. You see, Violet – his now ex – grew nauseous and dizzy around even the most subtle of flashy clothing.

8. tedious (tee – dee – us) adj.: moving or progressing very slowly

9. inexorable (ihn – ehk – surr – uh – bull) adj.: not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; relentless

10. inauspicious (ihn – ah – spihsh – us) adj.: not favorable; a bad omen

Still in the past: A few months later, Dirk (now Rick because of the plastic surgery) had taken Violet out on several dates so that the relationship maintained a somewhat tedious nature. He was inexorable in his quest to do the young lady in. He didn’t know, however, that Violet was completely on to his sick subterfuge and was just going out with him for the free food. On their last date, Violet doused a whole bottle of Ex-Lax into Rick’s coffee. Needless to say, within minutes a most inauspicious event arrived. Rick soiled the rear of his pants with the remnants of… well, you get the picture. Oblivious to the fact that Violet was on to him, he quickly asked her if they could call it a night to save himself from the embarrassment. Violet nodded but feigned great disappointment. “You will call me, won’t you?” Violet asked as Rick raced to the restroom. “Of course,” he shouted back at her. “Something just came up unexpectedly.” “I’ll say it did,” laughed Violet under her breath. The last time I saw Violet, she was still smiling about it. Rick? Well, after losing 18 pounds, he figured he’d been had. So, he moved to Madagascar where he started dating a hot Lemur named Joopa. As soon as the word “Joopa” rang in his head, he felt cold water striking his face, and he snapped back into the present moment like an airplane chair returning to the full and upright position because the stewardess said so.

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Monday, Feb. 3

Root Word – Ped (pehd): foot

Examples: biped, impede, pedal, pedestrian

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