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WorksheetsRomeo & Juliet Vocabulary quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
Define Predominant?
"Two such opposed kings encamp them still In man as well as herbs- grace and rude will; And where the worser is predominant, Full soon the canker death eats up that plant."
Something which is already decided by someone else
Having superior power and influence
A fake influence or power
Define Cunning?
"In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond; And therefore thou mayst think my ’haviour light: But trust me, gentleman, I’ll prove more true. Than those that have more cunning to be strange."
Having higher intelligence
Being more desirable
To harness spiritual beliefs
To be skilled in deception or trickery
