1. Word of the day
Set 7

2. 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).

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).

4. 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)

5. 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).

6. 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).

7. 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).

8. 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).