Romeo and Juliet Selection Vocabulary Practice
Name:
Class:
Date:
Directions: After each sentence, write a vocabulary word that is a synonym for
the bold word. Use a dictionary or thesaurus if necessary.
1. His suffering was evident in the lines and furrows of his face.
__________________________
2. Our descendants will be puzzled by our failure to act in this crisis.
_________________________
3. The protesters hurt their cause by using degrading language.
____________________________
4. Tybalt’s reputation has been harmed by damaging rumors.
______________________________
Directions: Using one of the vocabulary words, write the best ending for each
sentence below.
5. If making a particular decision causes you anguish, you would probably
____________________
A. Lose sleep over it
C. accidentally
forget about it
6. A decision that effects posterity is one that _____________________
A. Is unimportant
B. joke about it
B. has long-term effects
C. can be made quickly
7. When Paul came down with a pernicious illness, he had to _____________
A. Be hospitalized
B. stay home from school.
C. drink plenty of Water
8. If someone tried to profane the memory of a person I loved, I would be
___________________
A. confused
B. amused
C. furious
9. If you retain new information easily, you _________________
A. have a good memory
B. should take notes
C. should not gossip
10. Steve is moving to an adjacent street, so he _____________________
A. won’t see us again
B. will need a map
C. is within walking
distance
11. A person who is talkative and perverse would probably be __________
A. a good student
leader
B. a difficult partner
C. an inspiring
12. A peace conference that ends in rancor would be regarded as ________
A. a typical event
B. an encouraging sign
C. a failure
13. If an officer is looking for a place for his soldiers to lurk, he is probably
setting up ______________________
A. an encampment
B. an ambush
C. a parade
14. If you lament a decision, you are probably ______________________
A. proud
B. inexperienced
C. regretful
15. You could revive a wilting plant by placing it in _______________________
A. fresh soil
B. total darkness
C. a dry environment
16. You can stifle a flame by _________________________
A. using a match
B. adding more fuel
C. smothering it
17. An unsavory reputation is one that is ________________________
A. not well known
B. not desirable
C. well established
18. A misadventure is ___________________________
A. a lost treasure
B. an unlucky incident
C. a chance meeting
19. A tedious conversation is one that is __________________________
A. long
B. angry
C. dreary
Practice with Analogies: Choose the word that best completes each analogy
20. Predicament : disaster :: leak : ___________________
A. Flood
B. lake
C. danger
21. Eloquence : speaker :: gracefulness : _____________
A. Doctor
B. dancer
C. speech
22. Adversity : ease :: illness : _____________________
A. Disease
B. health
C. hardship
23. Fickle : flighty :: truthful : ______________________
A. Disloyal
B. unchanging
C. honest
24. Speech : eloquence :: appearance : _______________
A. Persuasion
B. laughter
C. beauty
25. Wealth : riches :: adversity : ___________________
A. Hardship
B. happiness
C. health
26. Tragedy : sad :: predicament : __________________
A. Documentary
B. triumph
C. difficult
27. Fickly : reliable :: satisfaction ________________
A. Displeasure
B. mutable
C. joy
Match each word with a synonym
28. Pernicious
A. dishonor
29. Posterity
B. harmful
30. Anguish
C. misery
31. Profane
D. future
Underline the context clues that help you understand the meaning of the
vocabulary word in bold.
32. His property is adjacent to mine, and because it’s adjoining, we need to decide
on the fence together.
33. Even after moving across town, she wanted to retain most of her old friends,
because she did not want to lose their friendship.
34. His demands were perverse—deliberately stubborn and unreasonable.
35. The long-time enemies felt nothing toward each other but rancor.
Match each vocabulary word in the column on the left with a word in the
right-hand column that shares the same root word.
36. Misadventure
A. savoring
37. Unsavory
B. haute
38. Tedious
C. unadventurous
39. Haughty
D. tedium