Act 4 Scene 3 Romeo and Juliet

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  1. receptacle
    a container that is used to put or keep things in
    "As in a vault, an ancient receptacle, Where, for these many hundred years, the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed"
    Act 4
    Scene 3
    Line 41
  2. dismal
    causing dejection
    "Nurse! What should she do here? My dismal scene I needs must act alone."
    Act 4
    Scene 3
    Line 20
  3. friar
    male member of a religious order originally relying on alms
    "Laying down her dagger What if it be a poison, which the friar Subtly hath minister'd to have me dead"
    Act 4
    Scene 3
    Line 26
  4. mortal
    a human being
    What do you love more, that mortal or that animal?
    Act 4
    Scene 3
    Line 50
  5. loathsome
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
    Act 4
    Scene 3
    Line 48
  6. dagger
    a short knife with a pointed blade
    He will use this dagger to put in him that will slowly kill him.
    Act 4
    Scene 3
    Line 25
  7. attire
    clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
    Is my attire acceptable for this event?
    Act 4
    Scene 3
    Line 1
  8. mandrake
    a plant with purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root
    These people purple flowers from souther Europe and North Africa are beautiful.
    Act 4
    Scene 3
    Line 49
  9. shroud
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
    "Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth, Lies festering in his shroud"
    Act 4
    Scene 3
    Line 45
  10. mangled
    having edges that are jagged from injury
    His clothing was very much mangled after he had fallen.
    Act 4
    Scene 3
    Line 54
Created on Tue Apr 17 18:52:03 EDT 2012

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