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Which is the best definition of poor, as it is used in the passage?

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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene v.

Hamlet: And now, good friends,
As you are friends, scholars, and soldiers,
Give me one poor request.
Horatio: What is ’t, my lord? we will.
Hamlet: Never make known what you have seen to-night.

Which is the best definition of poor, as it is used in the passage?

A: inexpensiveB: meagerC: pitifulD: unfortunate

The answer is: meager.
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