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Vocabulary: Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

v. adding to; increasing

a)

augmenting

b)

subtly

c)

arbitrating

d)

perusing

2.

Define Transgression?

"Why, such is love’s transgression."

a)

The violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

b)

Real or imagined wrong doing

c)

A slight inconvenience

3.

Conrad's aunt was so happy to see him that she inundated him with a single fun-size Snickers bar.

a)

correct

b)

incorrect

4.

Fort Wayne was inundated with snow during the blizzard and everyone had to scrape two and a half feet off of their cars before they could drive to work.

a)

correct

b)

incorrect

5.

to cover, as if by flooding; overwhelm with a large number or amount

a)

abhor

b)

inundate

c)

augment

d)

shroud

6.

After surgery, I was ______________ with cards, flowers, and get well wishes.

a)

shrouded

b)

abhored

c)

inundated

d)

arbitrated

7.

Which vocabulary word means "feeling of being hostile to someone or something"?

a)

enmity

b)

valor

c)

augment

d)

inter

8.

Which vocabulary word means "seller of medicine"?

a)

apothecary

b)

felon

c)

idolatry

d)

curfew

9.

shroud

a)

a cloth or garment wrapped around a dead person for burial

b)

to pick out from others; select; to gather the choice things or parts from

c)

to torment or torture; to inflict great pain on

d)

a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form

10.

to flaunt or wave

a)

flourish

b)

idolatry

c)

posterity

d)

valor

11.

enlarging or increasing

a)

augmenting

b)

flourish

c)

posterity

d)

adversity

12.

a sin, or wrong doing

a)

transgression

b)

felon

c)

abhor

d)

flourish

13.

An act of breaking the law or command is called what?

a)

felon

b)

transgression

c)

curfew

d)

adversity

14.

What is mean to augment something?

a)

to increase or make bigger

b)

to make smaller

c)

to have it rebuilt

d)

to make changes

15.

Peruse

a)

a gold coin; formerly currency in most European countries

b)

arrogantly superior and disdainful

c)

read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way

d)

being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness

16.

to kneel as a show of being humble

a)

prostrate

b)

aloof

c)

posterity

d)

amorous

17.

Synonyms: mediate; intervene; referee

a)

inter

b)

inundation

c)

arbitrate

d)

peruse

18.

Synonyms: boldness; courage; heroism

a)

felon

b)

valor

c)

amorous

d)

rigor

19.

Antonyms: admire; cherish; approve

a)

idolatry

b)

intercession

c)

valor

d)

abhor

20.

When the river overflowed its banks during the storm, the _______ quickly destroyed many homes and businesses.

a)

intercession

b)

inundation

c)

arbitrate

d)

abhor

21.

(n) Excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object.

a)

Idolatry

b)

abhor

c)

intercession

d)

shoud

22.

Choose the word that goes with the definition:

noun: a rule that prevents people from moving around freely after dark.

a)

felon

b)

curfew

c)

perjury

d)

inauspicious

23.

hardship; misfortune

a)

adversity

b)

aloof

c)

curfew

d)

enmity

24.

distant; remote; standoffish

a)

adversity

b)

aloof

c)

perjury

d)

enmity

25.

The crime of telling a lie in court after promising to tell the truth

a)

curfew

b)

felon

c)

perjury

d)

inter

26.

For years to come, we need to keep the Earth clean for the sake of all our ___________.

a)

inauspicious

b)

peruse

c)

posterity

d)

enmity

27.

Posterity means:

a)

Great size or power

b)

Very steep

c)

Bold or outrageous

d)

Future generations

28.

Prostrate (as an adjective) means:

a)

to cleanse of something undesirable

b)

tumid or cowardly

c)

completely submissive

d)

indifference to pleasure or pain

29.

the act of intervening on behalf of another

a)

Intercession

b)

inundation

c)

inauspicious

d)

posterity

30.

Augmenting

a)

those who hold to a belief

b)

An injustice

c)

Increasing or enlarging

d)

To dig in the ground

31.

Transgression

a)

wrongdoing or sin

b)

increasing in size

c)

to preview a film

d)

an object on a ship

32.

Intercession

a)

When two roads meet

b)

An accident on a highway

c)

the act of pleading on behalf of another

d)

Anticipation

33.

A serious criminal is

a)

perjury

b)

apothecary

c)

Felon

d)

curfew

34.
INAUSPICIOUS:
a)
arriving at a good time
b)
clumsy
c)
unpromising
35.

unpromising, not boding well

a)

inauspicuous

b)

inauspitious

c)

inauspicious

d)

auspicious

36.

Not obviously; in a manner hard to notice or perceive.

a)

valor

b)

peruse

c)

amorous

d)

Subtly

37.

In a manner that is so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe defines...

a)

inter

b)

subtly

c)

prostrate

d)

aloof

38.

a strictness or harshness in dealing with people

a)

valor

b)

rigor

c)

augment

d)

subtly

39.

lay a corpse to rest

a)

prostrate

b)

shroud

c)

inter

d)

apothecary

40.

feeling loving

a)

abhor

b)

enmity

c)

idolatry

d)

amorous

41.

Choose the closest synonym: amorous

a)

friendly

b)

sympathetic

c)

loving

d)

kind

42.

The couple exchanged --- glances as they sat across from each other at the dinner table.

a)

enmity

b)

amorous

c)

flourish

d)

abhor