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ANB 3rd
VL7
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English
10th Grade
04/26/2011

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Somber
Definition
*gloomily dark
*shadowy
*dimly lighted
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Ominous
Definition
*portending evil or harm
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Deluge
Definition
*a great flood of water
*inundation
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Transgression
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*violation of a law, command
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Pestilence
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*a deadly or virulent epidemic disease
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Epithet
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*any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality
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Monotheism
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*the doctrine or belief that there is only one god
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Polytheism
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*the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods
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Apostrophe
Definition
*a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea
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Dominion
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*the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority
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Replenish
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*to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc
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Subdue
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*to overpower by superior force
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Beguiled
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*to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.
*mislead
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Enmity
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*a feeling or condition of hostility
*hatred
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Terminate
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*to bring to an end
*put an end to
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Covenant
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*an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified
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Subsided
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*to sink to a low or lower level
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Reckoning
Definition
*to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount
*to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount
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Narrative
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*a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious
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Entreat
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*to ask earnestly
*beseech
*implore; beg
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Afflicted
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*to distress with mental or bodily pain
*trouble greatly or grievously
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Kindred
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*associated by origin, nature, qualities
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Recompense
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*to pay or give compensation for
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Sufficed
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*to be enough or adequate for
*satisfy
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Reproach
Definition
*to find fault with
*blame
*censure
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