Teaching Shakespeare in a Maximum Security Prison - Vocab

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In the sentence, 'He literally opened that door for me...', the word 'literally' means

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truly

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In the sentence, 'He literally opened that door for me and ended up inviting me to begin a voluntary program based on Shakespeare, which is my specialty, for these inmates that are not only the worst of the worst, at least in the eyes of the public...', what does 'specialty' mean?

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profession

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In the sentence "They had the greatest need for education and for really any kind of programming and, ironically, they had the least available to them," what does 'ironically' mean?

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absurdly

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In the sentence, the word 'capable' means:

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able

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In the sentence, the word 'intellectual' means:

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scholarly

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In the sentence, 'insights' means:

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understandings

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In the context of analyzing Macbeth's motives, the word 'motive' means:

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reason

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In the sentence, 'You focus a lot of the book on your friendship with a notorious prisoner,' what does 'notorious' mean?

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wicked

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In the sentence "And he did also at the age of 17 waive his right to ever appeal the sentence," what does 'waive' mean?

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reject

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In the sentence "He has a good sense of humor so I thought, of, he's just being silly, being flippant," what does 'flippant' mean?

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cocky