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R & J Vocab Quiz 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abhorred

a)

Regard with disgust; detest

b)

lessened or reduced

c)

arousing pity

d)

Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control

2.

Beguiled

a)

(n.) hatred, ill-will

b)

To deceive; persuade with charm

c)

Warlike; relating to military

d)

noisy fight

3.

"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." (Act 2: Scene 2)

This is an example of what?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Pathos

d)

Pun

4.

"My naked weapon is out." (Act 1, Scene 1)

This is an example of what?

a)

pun

b)

dramatic irony

c)

simile

d)

pathos

5.

cull

a)

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

b)

to cease; to end; to discontinue

c)

to comfort, console, or cheer; to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.)

d)

a false statement spoken with the intent of harming the reputation of another

6.

solace

a)

to comfort, console, or cheer; to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.)

b)

a false statement spoken with the intent of harming the reputation of another

c)

to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish

d)

a funeral song or tune, expressing mourning in commemoration of the death

7.

dirge

a)

a funeral song or tune, expressing mourning in commemoration of the death

b)

to comfort, console, or cheer; to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.)

c)

to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish

d)

a cloth or garment wrapped around a dead person for burial

8.

keep company

a)

consort

b)

excuse

c)

scratch

d)

apt

e)

exile

9.

Identify the vocabulary word that is a synonym for engulf or overflow.

a)

dirge

b)

amend

c)

inundate

10.

If you find yourself impoverished or destitute you are most likely living in ___.

a)

a sepulcher

b)

presage

c)

solace

d)

penury

11.

The famine was a ____ to the war that followed.

a)

presage

b)

solace

c)

dismal

d)

loathsome

12.

To beseech means to request earnestly

a)

True

b)

False

13.

To move or progress slowly is...

a)

Appertain

b)

Prorogue

c)

Tedious

d)

Inundate

14.

Doth much excuse the __________ rage/To such a greeting.

a)

arbitrating

b)

appertaining

c)

consorting

d)

impeaching

15.

To ________ is to challenge the _______ of; try to discredit.

a)

validity, impeach

b)

arbitrate; validity

c)

impeach, penury

d)

impeach, validity