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Romeo & Juliet Vocabulary Act 3
PreAp English
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Literature
9th Grade
03/01/2011

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Minstrel:
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NOUN A medieval poet or musician either belonging to a nobel household or traveling about
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Dexterity:
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NOUN Skill in using the hands, body, or mind
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Amorous:
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ADJECTIVE: Inclined to love, esp. sexual love
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Fray:
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NOUN A noisy quarrel
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Chide:
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VERB To scold mildly
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Agile:
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ADJECTIVE Quick and well-coordinated
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Repent:
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VERB To feel sorry for (a past action, attitude, etc.)
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Tedious:
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ADJECTIVE Long and tiresome
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Reconcile:
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VERB To make friendly again, as after a quarrel
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Fickle:
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ADJECTIVE Casually changeable or inconstant
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Abhor:
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VERB To detest utterly
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Purgatory:
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NOUN A condition or place in which according to Roman Catholics, the souls of those dyign penitent are purified from venial sins
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Plague:
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NOUN An epidemic disease of high mortality esp. the bubonic plague
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Eloquence:
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NOUN Having, exercising, or characterized by fluent, forceful speach
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Effeminate:
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ADJECTIVE (Of a man) soft or delicate to an unmanly degree in traits, tastes, habits, etc.
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