Romeo and Juliet List 1 (Honors)

Master key Romeo and Juliet vocabulary words! Boost your ELA skills with engaging exercises tailored for 9th-grade honors.

How are you doing today? :) Match the vocabulary word with the correct definition.abhor arbitrate augment dirge eloquence inundate jocund penury pernicious pestilence procure propagate prolixity purgatory stratagem augment 1. to enlarge or increaseprocure 2. to get something through special effortprolixity 3. long, wordy, or boring speechjocund 4. lighthearted and happyinundate 5. to overwhelmpropagate 6. to reproduce, grow, or spreadarbitrate 7. to act as one who settles differences between two conflicting partiesabhor 8. to regard with disgust or hatepurgatory 9. a temporary place for dead soulspestilence 10. an epidemic with a high death rateeloquence 11. fluent or persuasive speaking or writingpernicious 12. exceedingly harmfulpenury 13. a state of extreme povertydirge 14. a mournful song or poemstratagem 15. an elaborate scheme to deceive or evade Sort each vocabulary term by its part of speech. noun penury dirge stratagem eloquence purgatory pestilence prolixity verb arbitrate abhor procure inundate propagate augment adjective pernicious jocund adverb Choose the vocabulary word that best completes each sentence.augment dirge eloquence pestilence procure prolixity propagate The preacher's eloquence attracted a large congregation every Sunday.At my funeral, I do not want them to play a dirge; instead, I would like music filled with revelry to celebrate my life.Negative feelings can propagate quickly if you do not find a way to change your attitude.The team hopes to procure the number one pick during the NFL draft.Some critics have accused Shakespeare of filling monologues with too much prolixity, making the lines very difficult to memorize.The visitors had to be quarantined to stop the pernicious pestilencefrom spreading.I make a monthly deposit to augment my savings account. abhor Write a sentence that uses the vocabulary word. The sentence must have enough context to show that you understand the meaning of the word. arbitrate Write a sentence that uses the vocabulary word. The sentence must have enough context to show that you understand the meaning of the word. inundate Write a sentence that uses the vocabulary word. The sentence must have enough context to show that you understand the meaning of the word. jocund Write a sentence that uses the vocabulary word. The sentence must have enough context to show that you understand the meaning of the word. penury Write a sentence that uses the vocabulary word. The sentence must have enough context to show that you understand the meaning of the word. pernicious Write a sentence that uses the vocabulary word. The sentence must have enough context to show that you understand the meaning of the word. purgatory Write a sentence that uses the vocabulary word. The sentence must have enough context to show that you understand the meaning of the word. stratagem Write a sentence that uses the vocabulary word. The sentence must have enough context to show that you understand the meaning of the word.