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English: 9th grade
Instructor: Mary Beth Downey Course: English 1
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English
9th Grade
05/20/2011

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Puck
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Robin Goddfellow in AMND
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Johnson
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Youngers noisy neighbor
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Doctor
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Beneatha is in school to be this
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Nigeria
Definition
Asagai's homeland
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Hippolyta
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Queen of the Amazon and Bride
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Shakespeare
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Wrote "Sonnet 18"
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Chicago
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Setting for ARITS
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Tybalt
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Who Romeo refuses to duel with
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George Murchison
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Beneatha's boyfriend
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Comedy
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Type of play AMND IS
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Capulet
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Montague's enemy
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Tybalt
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Juliet's cousin and Mercutio's murderer
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Christina Rosetti
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"Uphill" peom author
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Philostrate
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The master of revels in AMND
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Lena
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"Mama" Younger
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Titania
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Falls in love with a monster in AMND
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Iamb
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A pair of syllables
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Anne Hathaway
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Shakespeare's wife
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Willy
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Walter's friend who steals the $
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Athens
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Town setting in AMND
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Helena
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Believes she is object of joke in AMND
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Tomb
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Juliet is buried here when thought dead
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Benvolio
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"Peacemaker" in Romeo and Juliet
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Starveling
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Tailor in play "Pyramus and Thisbe"
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Langston Hughes
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"Harlem" poet, source of ARITS title
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Verona, Italy
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Setting of Romeo and Juliet
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Stratford-on-Avon
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Shakespeare's birthplace
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Haste
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Theme in Romeo and Juliet; source of may problems
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"Why?"
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"Wherefor" means this in Romeo and Juliet
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Prolouge
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First part in Romeo and Juliet
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Paris
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Juliet's nobel fiance
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Egeus
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Hermia's father in AMND
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Silver
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Walter De La Mer's peom
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Benvolio
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Romeo's best friend
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Bottom
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Head turned into that of an ass
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Lysander and Demtrius
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Young men in love with Hermia
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Mantua
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Romeo banished to this city in Romeo and Juliet
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Queen Elizabeth
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Queen during the "Golden Age" of England
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Robert Frost
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Wrote the "Road not Taken"
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Oberon
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King of the faries in AMND
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Potion
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Used to make one fall in love in AMND
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Prince Escias
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Prince in Romeo and Juliet
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Globe
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Shakespeare's theater
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Travis
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Ruth's son in ARITS
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Party @ the Capulet's
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Where Romeo and Juliet meet
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Name
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Keeping Romeo and Juliet apart
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Apothacary
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Romeo obtains poison from him
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Theseus
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Duke in AMND
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Massachussets
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Emily Dickenson lived in this state
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Alfed, Lord Tennyson
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Author of "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
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Rudyard Kipling
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Wrote peom "If"
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Beneatha
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Walter Lee's sister in ARITS
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The Fawn
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The peom Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote
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Valiant
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Adj.; Courageous, heroic, & bravery
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Fray
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Noun; A fight, battle, or brawl
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Profaner
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Noun; Marked by contemptment
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Pernicious
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Adj.; Harm, injury, hurtful, or deadly fatal
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Adversary
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Noun; Opponet, enemy, foe, or contestant
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Transgression
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Noun; Violation of a law, or sin
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Assailing
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Verb; Assault, or attack with critism
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Languish
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Verb; Weak or loose vigor
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Disposition
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Noun; Characteristics, or attitude
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Esteem
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Verb; regard with admiration, or value
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Oppression
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Noun; To exercise authority in a cruel manner
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Boisterous
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Adj.; Noisy or rough
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Alderman
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Noun; Municipal council
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Athwart
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Adv.; Side to side or nautical
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Nuptial
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Adj.; Pertaining to marriage
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Rapier
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Noun; A small sword
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Conjure
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Verb; To influence by spell
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Invocation
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Noun; A supply or aid
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Tributary
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Noun; A stream that flows to a larger body of water
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Variable
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Adj.; Inconstant or fickle
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Beseech
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Verb; To implor urgently
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Reconcile
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Verb; To cause a person to accept something
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Procures
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Verb; The use of special means for obtaining something
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Rite
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Noun; A ceremoninal practice
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Vile
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Adj.; Loathsome and disgusting
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Dexterity
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Noun; skill in the use of the hands
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Commend
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Verb; Recommend
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Banishment
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Noun; Exile
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Calamity
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Noun; A disaster
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Prevail
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Noun; Triumph
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Herald
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Noun; One who preclaims important news
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Shroud
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Noun; A sheet a corpse is wrapped in for burial
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Abate
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Verb; To reduse or deminish
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Peruse
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Verb; To read with thouroughness
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Behest
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Noun; A command or directive
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Enjoin
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Verb; the prescribe with authority
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Prostrate
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Verb; Submission or adoration
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Pilgrimage
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Noun; A long journey, made to a sacred, religious place
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Lamentable
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Adj.; Regretable or unfortunate
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Beguile
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Verb; to influence by flattery
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Dirge
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Noun; A song expressing mourn
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Culling
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Verb; To choose, select, or pick
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Enmity
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Noun; Hostility or hatred
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Discord
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Verb; to disagree
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Ambiguity
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Noun; Unclear, vague
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Amorous
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Adj.; Pertaining to love
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Abhor
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Verb; Adversion
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Paramour
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Noun; Any lover
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Detesstable
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Adj.; Abominable or hateful
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Discern
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Verb; To distinguish or discriminate
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Sepulcher
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Noun; Tomb, grave ,or burial place
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Apothecary
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Noun; Drugist or pharmicist
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Mattock
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Noun; Something used to dig dirt
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Austerity
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Noun; Being strict or severe in dicipline
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Beguile
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Verb; To distract or divert
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Cloister
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Noun; A covered walk open on the side/ to seclude
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Dote
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Verb; To show excessive fondness or love
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Extenuate
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Verb; to lessen seriousness of, esp. by providing excusses
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Feign
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Verb; To give a false apperance of
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Reveling
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Verb; parties
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Dissemble
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Verb; To conceal the real motives of
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Flout
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Verb; Scorn
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Progery
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Noun; Off spring or descendents
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Promontory
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Noun; A high ridge of land
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Wanton
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Abj.; Immoral or unchased
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Bequeath
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Verb; To leave or give
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Chide
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Verb; To scold mildly
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Derison
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Noun; To speak of
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Entreat
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Verb; Plead
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Rebuke
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Verb; Repremand
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Recompense
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Verb; To award compensation for
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Spurn
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Verb; To reject or refuse
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Sojourn
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Verb; To stay for a time
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Discourse
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Noun; Conversation
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Paragon
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Noun; A model of excellence or perfection
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Amends
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Verb; To improve
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Audacious
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Adj.; Fearlessly
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Gait
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Noun; A way of moving on foot
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Reprehend
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Verb; To blame
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Satire
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Noun; An artistic in which human vice or faly is attacked through irony
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Transfigure
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Verb; To alter the outward appearance of
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Peotry
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Metrical literature in its purest form
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Genres
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Peotry, Novels, Short stories, and Epic poetry
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Emily Dickinson
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Author of "A Bird Came Down the Walk"
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Robert Frost
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Wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
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1558-1603
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When Queen Elizabeth ruled
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Elizabethan Era
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The reign of Queen Elizabeth
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Queen Elizabeth
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Facts about ________: "Virgin Queen", Virinia named in her honor, "Golden Age", English Renaissance
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Blank Verse
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What Romeo and Juliet is written in
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1595
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When Romeo and Juliet was written
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