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Vocab List 5 AP LANG
Beowulf
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11/05/2007

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solace
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comfort in sorrow, misfortune or trouble
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Reparation
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making of amends for wrong or injury done
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purge
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to rid of whatever is unpure or undesirable; CLEANSE
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writhe
Definition
squirm, twist, as in pain
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kenning(poetic term)
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a conventional poetic phrase used for or inaddition to the usual name of a person or thing,esp. in Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon verse, as "a wave traveler" for "a boat"
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Caesura
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a break, esp. a sense pause. usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself// presume not God to scan
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Promontory
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a bluff, high point of land/rock projecting into the water
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Solicitous
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anixous or concerned; eager; careful
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absolution
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freeing from blame or guilt
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righteous
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morally right or justifiable
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entreat
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to ask earnestly; implore, beg
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sanguine
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cheerrfully optimistic, hopeful, confindent
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avouch
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to admit, confess; vouch for, guarentee
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prevarication
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to speak falsely of or misleading
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assay
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examine; analyze
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adjure
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to charge; bind or command earnestly
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geign
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to represent fictiously; put on an appearance of; DECEIVE
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Adroit
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expert or nimble in the use of hands or body
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largesse
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generous bestowal of gifts
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inter
Definition
to bury
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peril
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to expose to danger
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