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Here's your shmoopy word du jour...

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Henry accused Eliza of being ignoble because she didn't... talk good English.

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What does the word ignoble mean?

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And here are the potential answers:

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So... what is this question asking?

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Well, most of us can guess that noble means royal...high end...

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...or at least something ... good. So it's really a question of what that 'ig' means.

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Like ig...what?

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Is ig good or bad?

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It's the first two letters in the name Igor... and in a lot of horror films Igor was the

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henchman of the villain -- so... maybe uh... not good.

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And this isn't a bad place to begin because ig is a prefix that means... NOT.

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So if something is ignoble, it's NOT kingly or queenly.

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So in this answer group, B and C are... goodly things...

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D is just kinda random -- doesn't fit the sentence.

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The best answer is clearly A -- of a lower social status.

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Like... a low number of likes on facebook. You get the idea.

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