Romeo and Juliet Act I Vocabulary Lesson

Romeo and Juliet

Act I Vocabulary

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Multiple Choice

Professor James Moriarty is an adversary of Sherlock Holmes.

• assistant

• enemy

• friend

• teacher

noun

• an opponent

• an enemy

adjective - adversarial

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​adversary

Multiple Choice

The company pays performance bonuses that augment an employee's annual salary.

• enlarge

• undermine

• dig out

• hide

verb

• add to, enlarge, increase

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​augment

Multiple Choice

The detectives followed the suspect at a discreet distance so that they would not be detected.

• suspicious

• friendly

• obvious

• unnoticeable

adjective

• showing cautious and good judgment

• unnoticeable

​noun - discreetness

adverb - discreetly

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​discreet

Multiple Choice

Voters do not like advertisements in which opponents disparage one another.

• encourage

• ignore

• belittle

• discuss

verb

• to speak of as unimportant

• to lower in rank

noun - disparagement

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​disparage

Multiple Choice

The union's main grievance was the low pay nurses received for their long hours.

• accomplishment

• sadness

• complaint

• death

noun

• cause of distress

• complaint

• suffering

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​grievance

Multiple Choice

Although they are engaged, the nuptial day has not been determined.

• wedding

• announcement

• separating

• joining

adjective

• of or related to a marriage or wedding

noun - nuptial(s)

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​nuptial

Multiple Choice

The people reacted against the oppression of the government by holding a demonstration.

• cruel treatment

• freedom

• small community

• new rules

noun

• unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power

• abuse, maltreatment

verb - oppress

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​oppression

Multiple Choice

College officials expressed concern over the profane language used in the play.

• descriptive

• vulgar

• dramatic

• proper

adjective

• not concerned with religion

• obscene, vulgar

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​profane

Multiple Choice

An eerie and portentous stillness hung over the army's camp the night before the battle.

• peaceful

• disturbing

• threatening

• excited

adjective

• of momentous or threatening significance

​adverb - portentously

noun - portentousness

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​portentous

Multiple Choice

The new state governor has promised to purge the police force of corruption.

• form

• include

• extract

• cleanse

verb

• to clear of guilt

• to free of moral defilement

• to cleanse

​noun - purge

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purge