Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Lesson Acts 4-5

Romeo and Juliet Acts IV-V Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

If you're sad, you might find solace in music or in talking to your friends.

• chaos

• comfort

• fun

• joy

Multiple Choice

If you're sad, you might find solace in music or in talking to your friends.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

noun

• comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness

• ​consolation, relief

​solace

Multiple Choice

In her garden, Judy culled the good vegetables for dinner and the rotten ones for the compost pile.

• destroyed

• left

• selected

• named

Multiple Choice

In her garden, Judy culled the good vegetables for dinner and the rotten ones for the compost pile.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

verb

• select from a large quantity

• obtain from a variety of sources.

​noun - cull

​cull

Multiple Choice

A food snob has nothing but contempt for mass-produced burgers and fries at a fast-food joint.

• disrespect

• excitement

• disgust

• disinterest

Multiple Choice

A food snob has nothing but contempt for mass-produced burgers and fries at a fast-food joint.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

noun

• the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration

• disrespect; disdain

adjective - contemptuous

​contempt

Multiple Choice

The parents were distraught when their teen went missing.

• sad

• calm

• excited

• distressed

Multiple Choice

The parents were distraught when their teen went missing.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

adjective

• deeply upset and agitated

• anxious, concerned, frantic

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​distraught

Multiple Choice

The Nazi party taught people to abhor anyone who did not fit what it considered the ideal race.

• kill

• prefer

• dislike

• detest

Multiple Choice

The Nazi party taught people to abhor anyone who did not fit what it considered the ideal race.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

verb

• dislike intensely

• despise, detest, loathe

noun - abhorrence

​abhor

Multiple Choice

Several years of bad harvests reduced the small farmer to penury.

• poverty

• poor income

• selling his land

• winning the lottery

Multiple Choice

Several years of bad harvests reduced the small farmer to penury.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

noun

• a state of extreme poverty or destitution

• misery, impoverishment

​adjective - penurious

​penury

Multiple Choice

The man looked pensive as the carriage approached the final leg of the trip to his childhood home.

• distressed

• excited

• thoughtful

• silly

Multiple Choice

The man looked pensive as the carriage approached the final leg of the trip to his childhood home.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

adjective

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• reflective

  synonyms:
  

adverb - pensively

noun - pensiveness

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​pensive

Multiple Choice

The defendant's lawyer entreated the jury to recognize that her client was not guilty.

• asked

• hated

• accused

• responded to

Multiple Choice

The defendant's lawyer entreated the jury to recognize that her client was not guilty.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

verb

• ask someone earnestly to do something

• beg, plead

​entreat

Multiple Choice

If you can wrap your legs around your neck, you most likely have a supple body.

• broken

• awkward

• flexible

• comfortable

Multiple Choice

If you can wrap your legs around your neck, you most likely have a supple body.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

adjective

• moving and bending with ease

• ​flexible, agile, graceful

​supple

Multiple Choice

If you plan to sew a shirt using only a remnant, it might have to be a midriff shirt.

• wrinkled piece

• leftover piece

• whole piece

• small piece

Multiple Choice

If you plan to sew a shirt using only a remnant, it might have to be a midriff shirt.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

noun

• a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

• remains, leftover

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​remnant