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hither
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here
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pernicious
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hurtful
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Lament
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mourning
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vestal
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chaste
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Valor
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great courage
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Portentous
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ominous, threatening
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discein
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to bother
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Procure
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get; obtain
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Agile
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quickand easy movement
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warrant
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authorization or certification
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Adversary
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an enemy, opponent
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Forfeit
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Give as a punishment
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Nuptial means
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related in marriage
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oppression
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heavy weight on mind
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rapier
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a long, thin, two-edged sword
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Posterity
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Succeeding or future generations collectively
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idolatry
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the religious worship of idols
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blazon
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to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim
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discourses
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expresses oneself especially in oral discourse
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dispers
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to drive in differnet directions, scatter
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scant
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barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate:
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arbitrating
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to submit to settlement or judgement by arbitration
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truce (n)
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a temporary suspension of hostilities, cease- fire (peace)
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idolarty
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to worship a god or physical thing
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dissembler
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to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of:
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tragedy
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a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster:
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Intercession
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the act of pleading on behalf of another
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Foreshadowing
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The use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.
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holidam
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holy artifact upon which an oath was sworn
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Romeo
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I sell thee poison, thou hast sold me none. **
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Neutral Characters of Romeo & Juliet
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Chorus, Prince Escalus, Count Paris, Mercutio
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anon
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soon
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Lamentable
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distressing
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pump
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shoe
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Pensive
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reflective, thoughtful
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carrion
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dead flesh
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persue
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to read
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unwieldy
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awkward; clumsy
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Tainted
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v. Soiled, stained
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Profane
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Dishonor, make impure
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Unsavory
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Offensive, unclean, morally bad
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Conspire
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To plan something secretly
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solemnity
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the trait of dignified seriousness
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sallow
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of a sickly yellow color
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prorogue
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to discontinue a session of
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saucy
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impertinent; insolent, pert or boldly smart
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Heretics
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a person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
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canopy
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covering of fabric over a bed
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heretic
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a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
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alderman
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a member of the municipal legislative body
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tempest (n)
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1.) a violent windstorm, usually accompanied by rain, 2.) a violent disturbance (metaphor)
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importune
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to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
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premonition
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a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment:
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usurer
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one who lends out money at exhorbited rates
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Aside
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A short speech delivered by an actor in a play
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poultice
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a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
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Paris
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And here is come to do some villainous shame to the dead bodies. I will apprehend him.
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languish
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to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
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Thematic Structure of Sonnets
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1st 2 Quatrains: set up problem; 3rd Quatrain: begins to answer problem; Ending Couplet: tries to solve problem
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rancor
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hatred
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augment
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increase
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dexterity
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skill; proficiency
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gallant
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brave and noble
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Pun
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Play on words
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rebellious
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resisting control or authority
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fray
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a scuffle; a brawl
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Extremity
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the greatest or utmost degree
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presage
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to portend, foretell, or foreshadow
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digress
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to stray from the main topic
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end-stopped-lines
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has some punctuation at its ends
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drudge
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(n) someone who does menial work
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portentous (adj)
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a sign that something is coming
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enjoined
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to forbid or prohibit by legal injunction
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Extended order
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A phrase comparing somthing without using like or as
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Temper softened valor's steel
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Has made my disposition soft
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Galling
Derivatives: gall, galled, gallingly (R&J-1.1)
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adj. very irritating, vexing, bitter. n (derivative 1) bile, an irritant, impuadence, something bitter.
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balthasar, friar john
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who brings the news to romeo about juliets death? who is it supposed to be?
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why does friar laurence doubt romeo's proposal
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because he feels that romeo falls in love too quickly
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