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Twelfth Night terms
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9th Grade
03/20/2013
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surfeiting
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satisfied
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hart
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deer, stag
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naught
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nothing
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abatement
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reducing
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pestilence
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disease
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brine
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salt water
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Elysium
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Greek mythology heaven
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perchance
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possibly, maybe
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provident
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lucky
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prattle
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talk, ramble
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abjured
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sworn off, avoided
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eunuch
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a man who has been altered to not grow up
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excepted
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excluded, left out
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prodigal
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lost
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prudent
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practical
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accost
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to attack
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pourquoi
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why
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discourse
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spoken language
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prosper
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to get rich, do well finacially
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sovereign
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having supreme rank or power; independent
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clamorous
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loud and protesting
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disposition
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nature; frame of mind
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feigned
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false; faked
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cloistress
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a nun in a veil
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syllogism
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a form of deductive reasoning; a major premise and a minor premise lead to a third premise
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forswear
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to lie under oath
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quaffing
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drinking alcohal heavily
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coystrill
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a medieval term for a professional soldier
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buttery-bar
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a room where liquor is kept
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distaff
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a stick that flax is wound on for spinning
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forswear
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to lie under oath
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lenten
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meager
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gaskins
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muscular part of the hind leg of a horse
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zanies
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an erratic or eccentric person
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usurp
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to take a position of power or importance illegally or by force
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