Question

directions: read each sentence and use context clues to determine which vocabulary word from the word bank best completes the blank. write the word on the line provided. word bank: pernicious · adversary · fray · propagate · languish · wean · visage · gall · profane 1. the street ______ started when montague and capulet servants exchanged insults in the marketplace.

Explanation:

We need to find a word from the Word Bank that fits the context of a street event starting from Montague and Capulet servants exchanging insults. "Brawl" (though the original word might be a typo or misprint, but from the context of the feud between Montague and Capulet (from Romeo and Juliet), a street fight or brawl makes sense. Wait, looking at the Word Bank, maybe "fray"? Wait, the Word Bank has "fray" (maybe the blurred word is "brawl" but no, the Word Bank given: pernicious, adversary, fray, propagate, languish, (blurred), wean, visage, (blurred), profane. So "fray" means a fight or a dispute, especially a noisy one. The servants exchanging insults would start a street fray (a fight or scuffle). So the correct word is "fray".

Answer:

fray