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Question 1

Abate

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To become weaker, to decrease in strength

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Abhor

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To dislike someone or something very much

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Banal

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Boring or ordinary, not interesting

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Feasible

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Possible to do

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Garrulous

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Tending to talk a lot, very talkative

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Hamper

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to slow the movement, progress, or action of (someone or something)

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Immaterial

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Not important or significant

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Candid

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expressing opinions and feelings in an honest and sincere way

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Debunk

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to show that something (such as a belief or theory) is not true : to show the falseness of (a story, idea, statement, etc.)

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Decimate

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to severely damage or destroy a large part of (something)

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Lament

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to express sorrow, regret, or unhappiness about something

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Malice

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A desire to cause harm to another person

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Pallid

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very pale in a way that suggests poor health

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Chastise

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to criticize (someone) harshly for doing something wrong

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Defame

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to hurt the reputation of (someone or something) especially by saying things that are false or unfair

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Finicky

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Very hard to please

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Exacting

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requiring much time, attention, or effort from someone

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Belligerent

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angry and aggressive, feeling or showing readiness to fight

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Flagrant

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Very bad, too bad to be ignored

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Mitigate

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to make (something) less severe, harmful, or painful

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Inherent

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belonging to the basic nature of someone or something

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Flounder

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to move in an awkward way with a lot of difficulty and effort

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Denounce

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to criticize (someone or something) harshly and publicly

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Lethargic

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feeling a lack of energy or a lack of interest in doing things

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Sanctimonious

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pretending to be morally better than other people

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Pertinent

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relating to the thing that is being thought about or discussed

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Ominous

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suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future

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Brutus

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Caesar’s closet friend, stabbed him last

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Julius Caesar

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Stabbed 23 times

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Antony

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Ran in the race and touched Calpurnia

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Cassius

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Wanted to kill Caesar

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Casca

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Stabbed Caesar first

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Calpurnia

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Caesar’s wife, curse of sterility, barren

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Portia

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Brutus’s wife

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Octavius

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Julius Caesar’s nephew

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Soothsayer

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“Beware the ides of March!”

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Aside

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a comment spoken by a character in a play that is heard by the audience but is supposedly not heard by other characters on stage

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Soliloquy

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a long, usually serious speech that a character in a play makes to an audience and that reveals the character's thoughts

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Roles of superstitions and omens

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Soothsayer, Calpurnia, pig without a heart

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Role of jealousy in the play

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Group of friends that killed Caesar

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Motivations for actions of major characters

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Caesar refusing crown 3 times, people killing Caesar

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Purpose of bias

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They wanted to kill Caesar because they thought it was best for Rome

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Ethics

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an area of study that deals with ideas about what is good and bad behavior

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Logic

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a proper or reasonable way of thinking about or understanding something

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Emotions

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a strong feeling (such as love, anger, joy, hate, or fear)

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Annotation: What a character is doing

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Right margin

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Annotation: what a character is saying

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Left margin

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Annotation paragraph layout

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