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20 Cards in this Set
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Pensive- Adjective |
Deeply thoughtful |
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Enjoined – verb |
Ordered |
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Wayward-Adjective |
Headstrong |
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Loathsome– Adjective |
Disgusting, detestable |
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Remnants-Noun |
What is left over, remainders |
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Penury – noun |
Extreme poverty |
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Haughty-Adjective |
Arrogant |
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Ambiguities-noun |
Statements or events whose meanings are unclear |
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Scourge– Noun |
Instrument for inflicting punishment |
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Poultice |
Comforting treatment for an ailment |
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Procure |
Get, provide |
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Rapier |
Long, slender two edge sword |
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Scurvy knave |
Person who acts like a jerk |
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Shrift |
Confession of sins to a priest in hopes of absolution |
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Shroud |
Burial cloth for dead body |
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Wherefore |
Why |
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Woo |
Seek someone’s love or hand in marriage to court |
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Would |
Wish |
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Dramatic irony |
A contradiction between what a character thinks and says and what the audience or reader is knows it’s true |
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Comic relief |
Technic use to interrupt a serious scene by introducing a humorous characters situation |
