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Romeo and Juliet Vocab #1

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

nuptial

a)

adj. related to marriage

b)

n. future generations

c)

adj. showing good judgment

d)

adj. ominous; threatning

2.

Friar Lawrence ____________ Romeo for switching his love to Juliet from Rosaline so quickly

a)

propagates

b)

augments

c)

chides

d)

conjures

3.

Romeo often ___________ (blames) his problems on fate.

a)

conjures

b)

imputes

c)

chides

d)

augments

4.

Benvolio is ______________ and shows good judgment by begging both Montagues and Capulets not to fight.

a)

pernicious

b)

portentous

c)

lamentable

d)

discreet

5.

to reproduce; to increase

a)

propagate

b)

chide

c)

impute

d)

lamentable

6.

conjure

a)

v. to criticize or scold

b)

v. to add or to enlarge

c)

v. to call up, to summon as if by magic

d)

v. to blame; to attribute fault to

7.

Lord Capulet tells Tybalt not to criticize or subject Romeo to any _______________ while Romeo is at the Capulets' party.

a)

lamentable

b)

disparagement

c)

pernicious

d)

posterity

8.

The nurse finds Juliet's impatient behavior towards her to be ___________________ (unfortunate; regrettable) when she comes home from making wedding plans with Romeo

a)

lamentable

b)

posterity

c)

augment

d)

chide

9.

Romeo has a ______________ feeling about going to the Capulets' party--he thinks it may be dangerous, threatening, and ominous. However, he goes anyway.

a)

discreet

b)

conjure

c)

posterity

d)

portentous

10.

augment

a)

adj. showing good judgment

b)

v. to blame; to attribute fault to

c)

v. to add or to enlarge

d)

adj. harmful; detestable

11.

harmful, destructive, cruel

a)

portentous

b)

impute

c)

pernicious

d)

discreet

12.

posterity

a)

n. future generations

b)

adj. ominous; threatening

c)

adj. unfortunate; regrettable

d)

n. criticism; unkind commentary about a person or thing

13.

Garish

a)

adj. unfortunate; regrettable

b)

adj. gaudy; showy; ugly in an over-the-top way

c)

v. to add or enlarge

d)

adj. harmful; destructive; cruel

14.

Romeo's handsome face and his ____________ (way with words) quickly capture Juliet's heart

a)

discretion

b)

eloquence

c)

dexterity

d)

chiding

15.

skill; proficiency

a)

disparagement

b)

eloquence

c)

dexterity

d)

pernicious

16.

Romeo feels utterly ___________ and upset after hearing that the Prince has banished him from Verona.

a)

discreet

b)

lamentable

c)

distraught

d)

chide

17.

inexorable

a)

adj. unmovable; relentless; unstoppable

b)

adj. harmful; destructive; cruel

c)

adj. unfortunate; regrettable

d)

upset; distressed