WORD OF THE DAY Set 7 COMMEND VERB

WORD OF THE DAY Set 7

COMMEND (VERB) • Definition: praise formally or officially. • Sentence: He was commended by the judge for his courageous actions • From Romeo and Juliet: • “Commend me to thy lady” (Act 3 Scene 3).

INUNDATION (NOUN) • Definition: An overwhelming abundance of people or things/Flooding. • Sentence: “We see an inundation of campaign posters“ • From Romeo and Juliet: • “To stop the inundation of her tears” (Act 4 Scene 1).

ORNAMENTS (NOUN) • Definition: A thing used to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine. • Sentence: The ornament sparkled from its spot on the Christmas tree. • From Romeo and Juliet: “Nurse, will you go with me into my closet/ To help me sort such needful ornaments/ As you think fit to furnish me tomorrow? ” (Act 4 Scene 2)

SEPARATED (NOUN) • Definition: . Cause to move or be apart. • Sentence: They separated two rioting mobs. • From Romeo and Juliet: • “Life and these lips have long been separated” (Act 4 Scene 5).

UNACCUSTOMED (ADJECTIVE) • Definition: Not familiar or usual; out of the ordinary. • Sentence: They finished their supper with unaccustomed speed. • From Romeo and Juliet: • “And all this day and unaccustomed spirit/Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts” (Act 4 Scene 5).

INFECTIOUS (ADJECTIVE) • Definition: A disease or disease-causing organism likely to be transmitted to people, organisms, etc. , through the environment. • Sentence: The dogs may still be infectious after being treated for rabies. • From Romeo and Juliet: “Suspecting that we both were in a house/Where the infectious pestilence did reign/Sealed up the doors, and would not let us forth, So that my speed to Mantua there was stayed” (Act 5 Scene 1).

AMBIGUITIES (NOUN) • Definition: The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness. • Sentence: The students were confused by the ambiguities found in the research. • From Romeo and Juliet: “Seal up the mouth of outrage for a while, / Till we can clear these ambiguities/And know their spring, their head, their true descent” (Act 5 Scene 3).