| hap | | city in northern Italy |
| Friar Laurence | | reputation |
| fantasticoes | | servant to the Nurse |
| God-den | | servant of Montague |
| Balthasar | | relative of Prince and friend of Romeo |
| Abram | | locks of hair that were tangled by mischievous elves |
| skainsmates | | Archaic word for Good evening |
| cankered | | servant of Montague |
| nice | | mask |
| ware | | nephew of Montague and friend of Romeo |
| hoodwinked | | Latin for "Bless you" |
| Romeo | | a servant to Capulet |
| bliss | | a young nobleman, a relative of the Prince |
| Sampson | | blindfolded |
| visor | | a druggist |
| ward | | kind of salted fish |
| chorus | | coal dealers |
| elflocks | | money |
| ancient | | minor |
| Benedicite | | son of Montague |
| countervail | | affectionate, tender |
| gyves | | rude youngster |
| jaunce | | tiring journey |
| mistempered | | slashing |
| Tybalt | | fleeting human love |
| envious | | status |
| hag | | questioned |
| dignity | | devoted to Juliet |
| Verona | | chains, like the threads that hold hte bird captive |
| Nurse | | aware |
| shrived | | Shakespeare uses when he rhymes |
| shrift | | forgiven of her sins |
| importuned | | Archaic word for unmarried girl |
| poor john | | What month was Shakepeare born? |
| Oerperch | | cousin |
| princox | | nephew of Lady Capulet |
| fond | | prologue spoken by a single actor |
| reckoning | | ruler of Verona |
| civilians' passions | | daughter of Capulet |
| Mercuitio | | rusted; diseased |
| couplets | | good-for-nothings |
| Peter | | another Franciscan priest |
| Friar John | | nightmare |
| Apothecary | | used with bad temper |
| Benvolio | | heaven |
| crowkeeper | | civil blood |
| colliers | | Archaic word for trivial, foolish |
| frank | | confession |
| Juliet | | loose women |
| chinks | | a Franciscan priest |
| April | | evil |
| coz | | huge and monstrous |
| hildings | | Archaic word for mood, or moisture |
| prodigious | | old; established by old customs |
| Count Paris | | match or equal |
| maid | | flyover |
| swashing | | generous |
| vanity | | luck |
| Prince Escalus | | scarecrow |
| humor | | dandies; men who copy French manners and fashions |