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Romeo and Juliet Act Three
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Literature
8th Grade
05/06/2012

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minstrel
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medieval entertainer who traveled from place to place
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submission
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yielding or surrendering
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plague
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anything that afflicts or troubles
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valor
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marked courage or bravery
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dexterity
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skill in using one's hands or body
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agile
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quick and easy of movement
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amorous
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relating to love
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matron
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married woman or widow
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eloquence
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speech or writing that is vivid, forceful, and persuasive
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piteous
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arousing or deserving pity or compassion
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bier
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coffin and its supporting platform
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dissembler
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pretender
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monarch
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ruler
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lamentation
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outward expression of grief
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chamber
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room in a house
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calamity
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disaster; misery
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carrion
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decaying flesh of a dead body
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adversity
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wretchedness or misfortune
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denote
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indicate
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disposition
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one's customary frame of mind
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ascend
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move upward along; mount; climb; rise
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nightingale
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reddish-brown songbird noted for the sweet song of the male
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pomegranate
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round fruit with red leathery rind and many seeds covered in a juicy, edible flesh
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discord
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lack of harmony in tones sounded together
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asunder
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apart or separate in direction
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abhor
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detest; hate
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gravity
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danger or threat
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stratagem
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trick
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