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Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The rivalry in Romeo and Juliet "makes _________ hands unclean," which means common people are responsible for the death of others.

a)

civil

b)

prodigious

c)

countervail

d)

confound

e)

conceit

2.

If you believe our lives are ruled by fate, you may believe people are _________________ or doomed by the powers of the universe.

a)

conduit

b)

carrion

c)

assail

d)

arbitrate

e)

star-crossed

3.

There is a time to be silly and a time for ___________________.

a)

countervail

b)

confound

c)

solemnity

d)

assail

e)

conceit

4.

If Juliet says she has a "prodigious birth of love," we know that her love is

a)

small

b)

questionable

c)

unattainable

d)

to a great extent

5.

Friar Lawrence will explain that the sweetest honey "confounds the appetite." He means that sweetness ______________ the tastebuds.

a)

gets up on the back of

b)

confuses

c)

haunts

d)

hurts

6.

Romeo says that nothing can work against the joy he feels when he sees Juliet. He means nothing can ____________ the joy.

a)

prodigious

b)

confound

c)

countervail

d)

privy

e)

arbitrate

7.

When Juliet is crying, Capulet calls her a __________ because she is channel for water.

a)

carrion

b)

conduit

c)

conceit

d)

privy

e)

civil

8.

Friar Lawrence says that Juliet's nurse knows their secret plans, so he says that she is _________________.

a)

solemn

b)

conduit

c)

arbitrate

d)

privy

e)

conceited

9.

Romeo talks about flies, but also foreshadows his impending death. He calls them _____________ flies, creating an image of the flies swarming around a dead animal.

a)

conduit

b)

prodigious

c)

solemntiy

d)

carrion

e)

conceit

10.

Juliet says that her knife will be an umpire, making the ultimate judgement about what happens to her. She says the knife will __________________ what she does next.

a)

arbitrate

b)

assail

c)

carrion

d)

conduit

e)

civil

11.

Romeo describes eyes that try to attack a person. He calls them ______________ eyes.

a)

arbitrating

b)

privy

c)

assailing

d)

conduits

12.

In literature, a conceit is

a)

when two opposite things are compared

b)

one has excessive pride

c)

a channel is used for fluid

d)

someone shares secret knowledge