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Romeo & Juliet Vocabulary Act 1-2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define profane

a)

treat something sacred with irreverence or disrespect

b)

act in a way that is different than what society expects

c)

done arrogantly so as to impress others

d)

happily unrestrained

2.

Define importune

a)

done arrogantly so as to impress others

b)

to request or beg urgently

c)

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

d)

longstanding bitterness or resentment

3.

Define rancor

a)

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

b)

longstanding bitterness or resentment

c)

happily unrestrained

d)

act in a way that is different than what society expects

4.

Define pernicious

a)

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

b)

happily unrestrained

c)

willfully lying under an oath or after a promise

d)

dishonest or dishonorable man

5.

Define wanton

a)

willfully lying under an oath or after a promise

b)

dishonest or dishonorable man

c)

happily unrestrained

d)

to request or beg urgently

6.

Define portentous

a)

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

b)

act in a way that is different than what society expects

c)

treat something sacred with irreverence or disrespect

d)

done arrogantly so as to impress others

7.

Define perverse

a)

act in a way that is different than what society expects

b)

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

c)

happily unrestrained

d)

willfully lying under an oath or after a promise

8.

Define enmity

a)

to request or beg urgently

b)

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

c)

longstanding bitterness or resentment

d)

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

9.

Define perjury

a)

to request or beg urgently

b)

willfully lying under an oath or after a promise

c)

act in a way that is different than what society expects

d)

dishonest or dishonorable man

10.

Define knave

a)

treat something sacred with irreverence or disrespect

b)

act in a way that is different than what society expects

c)

dishonest or dishonorable man

d)

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

11.

The effects of the snake bite were ______________ , and he didn't even realize he'd been bitten until it was too late.

a)

knave

b)

perjury

c)

wanton

d)

pernicious

12.

The criminal ___________ the judge to lower the sentence for his crime, but his pleas were not heard.

a)

perjured

b)

importuned

c)

enmity

d)

portentous

13.

The older gentleman walked carefully through the graveyard, not wishing to _________ the sacred graves by stepping on them.

a)

knave

b)

pernicious

c)

profane

d)

enmity

14.

The _______ between the two girls was obvious as they glared at each other from across the room.

a)

wanton

b)

enmity

c)

perjury

d)

pernicious

15.

The old men had hated each other since they both dated the same girl; their ______ still stood fifty years later.

a)

pernicious

b)

importune

c)

perjury

d)

rancor

16.

Mayella and Bob Ewell committed ________ because they lied on the witness stand.

a)

perjury

b)

pernicious

c)

wanton

d)

enmity

17.

The woman's behavior was rude and ___________ leading no one at the party to like her.

a)

portentous

b)

profane

c)

rancor

d)

importune

18.

The boy who stood her up for their date was clearly a ________.

a)

knave

b)

enmity

c)

profane

d)

rancor

19.

The children behaved in a ___________ fashion, running through the yard with happy giggles and no cares in the world.

a)

perverse

b)

rancor

c)

portentous

d)

wanton

20.

The outfit she wore could be considered _______ because it didn't fit society's normal expectations.

a)

pernicious

b)

portentous

c)

perverse

d)

wanton