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ancient literature ET MW 1
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English
10th Grade
04/26/2011

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somber
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drab lacking brightness or color; dull
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ominous
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threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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deluge
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overwhelm: charge someone with too many tasks
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transgression
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the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
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pestilence
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plague: any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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epithet
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name: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
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monotheism
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belief in a single God
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polytheism
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belief in multiple Gods
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apostrophe
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address to an absent or imaginary person
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dominion
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dominance or power through legal authority;
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replenish
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fill something that had previously been emptied
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subdue
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repress: put down by force or intimidation;
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beguiled
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filled with wonder and delight
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enmity
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hostility: a state of deep-seated ill-will
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covenant
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most general sense, is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action
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