Romeo & Juliet Vocabulary quiz

Define braggart

"A braggart, a rogue, a villain that fights by the book of arithmetic?"

• A murderer

• A person who boasts about achievements or possessions

• An evil individual with no conscious

• A person who lies and cheats to get what they want

Eloquence?

O, here comes my nurse, And she brings news; and every tongue that speaks. But Romeo’s name speaks heavenly eloquence.

• To be beautiful or charming

• An elegant person

• A fluent or persuasive speech

Define Fickle?

O fortune, fortune! All men call thee fickle.

If thou art fickle, what dost thou with him

That is renowned for faith? Be fickle, fortune,

For then, I hope, thou wilt not keep him long,

But send him back.

• Changing frequently

• Funny

• An easily fooled individual

Define Gallant?

That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds,

Which too untimely here did scorn the earth

• A wild spirited person

• Someone who is brave or heroic

• Someone who is strong and honest

Define Beseech?

"Pardon, I beseech you!

Henceforward I am ever ruled by you."

• To praise someone

• Ask urgently

• To hate

• Sit down

What is the meaning of Pernicious?

"That quench the fire of your pernicious rage

With purple fountains issuing from your veins,

On pain of torture, from those bloody hands"

• High intensity

• Sneaky behaviour

• Exceedingly harmful

Define Solemnity?

"To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?

Now, by the stock and honor of my kin,.."

• A trait of dignified seriousness

• Someone who is lonely

• A love affair

Define Transgression?

"Why, such is love’s transgression."

• The violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

• Real or imagined wrong doing

• A slight inconvenience

Define Unweidly?

"My words would bandy her to my sweet love, And his to me, But old folks, many feign as they were dead- Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead."

• Someone who is wise but tedious to listen to

• A wild and uncontrollable element

• Difficult to use or handle because of size or weight

Define Procure?

"By one that I'll procure to come to thee, Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite;"

• To pick up an object

• Obtain by special effort

• Something which is created mutually