Romeo and Juliet Act I Vocabulary Practice 2

The news forecasters _______ a huge blizzard will soon hit our city.

• reckon
• bound
• forswear
• thrust

The two tribes have been involved in a _______ over land rights for nearly a decade.

• quarrel
• canker
• civil
• warrant

As a result of the _______ riots, the city has imposed a nightly curfew.

• burden
• scorn
• parlous
• tread

The church encourages all members to _______ sex outside of marriage.

• canker
• consent
• forswear
• thrust

My mother __________ all food that is not meat and potatoes. She is a very picky eater. 

• consents
• bounds
• reckons
• scorns

_____ and gagged, the kidnap victim tried desperately to escape the ropes on her hands and feet.

• consent
• bound
• portentous
• thrust

In _________ the soldier raised his country’s flag.

• solemnity
• burden
• canker
• warrant

Although no one believed in the psychic’s abilities, we continued to listen as she made one ______ prediction after another about the end of the world.

• burden
• canker
• portentous
• tread

What word is a synonym for riot? 

• brawl
• quarrel
• scant
• tread

What word is a synonym for cargo? 

• civil
• consent
• grudge
• burden