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Iliad
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40
Literature
9th Grade
11/29/2012
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Annihilated 
 Definition
utterly destroyed 
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Armada
 Definition

a fleet of warships

 
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Blithering
 Definition
babbling, senselessly talkitive
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Brazen
 Definition
bold, without shame
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Bulwark
 Definition
defensive wall
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Burnished
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pollish by rubbing

 
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Clanedestine 
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keep secret, secretly done
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Couple
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together
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Craven
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lacking courage
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daunted
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make someone feel intimidated
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deftly
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neatly skillful and quick
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deign
 Definition
beneath one's dignity
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exult
 Definition
show or feel jubiliation 
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fallow
 Definition
plowed land
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flaunting
 Definition
display or provoke envy
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forte
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what someone excels in
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gargantuan
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huge, enormous 
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grapple
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to wrestle, no weapons
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groveling
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lie, looking down to the ground lying
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hordes
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small social group- five families
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ignominoius
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public disgrace or shame
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incensed
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very angry
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inconceivable
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unable to imagine, not able to mentally grasp
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moldering
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slow decay
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plunder
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to steal goods
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ramparts
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defensive wall
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raze
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completely destroy
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reparations
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making amends for wrongdoing
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rouse
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to awake
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seething
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bubble up anger
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skulking
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to keep out of sight- sinister
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staving
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wooden post or plank in a buildind
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tactician 
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person who has fighting skills
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tempered
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angry- having a temper
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thwart
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prevent someone from accomplishing
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trafficking
 Definition
illegal trade- deal
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vaulting
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make in the form of a vault
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wallow
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relaxing in water/mud to avoid insect bites/spread of scent
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wavered
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shake- quiver 
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withering 
 Definition
intended to make someone feel humiliated
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