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Ancient Literature JEH 4
Vocabulary List 7
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10th Grade
04/26/2011

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Term
somber
Definition
(Adj)
-gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted
-dark and dull, as color, or as things in respect to color
-gloomy, depressing, or dismal
-extremely serious; grave
Term
ominous
Definition
(Adj)
-portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
Term
deluge
Definition
(Noun)
-a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
-a drenching rain; downpour.
-anything that overwhelms like a flood
Term
transgression
Definition
(Noun)
-violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
-a breach of a law, etc; sin or crime
Term
pestilence
Definition
(Noun)
-a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
-bubonic plague.
-something that is considered harmful. destructive, or evil.
Term
epithet
Definition
(Noun)
-any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality
-a characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and often used in place of an actual name, title, or the like.
-a word, phrase, or expression used invectively as a term of abuse or contempt, to express hostility, etc.
Term
monotheism
Definition
(noun)
-the doctrine or belief that there is only one god.
Term
polytheism
Definition
(noun)
-the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
Term
apostrophe (not the punctuation)
Definition
(Noun)
-a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea
Term
dominion
Definition
(Noun)
-the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
-rule; control; domination.
-a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway.
Term
replenish
Definition
(verb)
-to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.
-to supply (a fire, stove, etc.) with fresh fuel.
-to fill again or anew.
Term
subdue
Definition
(verb)
-to conquer and bring into subjection
-to overpower by superior force; overcome.
-to bring under mental or emotional control, as by persuasion or intimidation; render submissive.
Term
beguiled
Definition
(Verb)
-to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
-to take away from by cheating or deceiving
-to charm or divert
Term
enmity
Definition
(Noun)
-a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
Term
terminate
Definition
(Verb)
-to bring to an end; put an end to
-to occur at or form the conclusion of
-to bound or limit spatially; form or be situated at the extremity of.
Term
covenant
Definition
(noun)
-an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
-Law . an incidental clause in such an agreement.
-Ecclesiastical . a solemn agreement between the members of a church to act together in harmony with the precepts of the gospel.
Term
subsided
Definition
(verb)
-to sink to a low or lower level.
-to become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate
-to sink or fall to the bottom; settle; precipitate
Term
reckoning
Definition
(noun)
-count; computation; calculation.
-the settlement of accounts, as between two companies.
-a statement of an amount due; bill.
-an accounting, as for things received or done.
-an appraisal or judgment.
Term
narrative
Definition
(noun)
-a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
-a book, literary work, etc., containing such a story.
Term
entreat
Definition
(verb)
-to ask earnestly; beseech; implore; beg
-to ask earnestly for something
Term
afflicted
Definition
(verb)
-to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously
Term
kindred
Definition
(noun)
-a person's relatives collectively
-a group of persons related to another; family, tribe, or race.
-relationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage
-natural relationship; affinity.
(adjective)
-associated by origin, nature, qualities, etc.
-having the same belief, attitude, or feeling
Term
recompense
Definition
(verb)
-to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
-to make restitution or requital for damage, injury, or the like.
(noun)
-compensation, as for an injury, wrong,
-a repayment or requital, as for favors, gifts, etc.
-a remuneration or reward, as for services, aid, or the like.
Term
sufficed
Definition
(verb)
-to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc
Term
reproach
Definition
(verb)
-to find fault with a person, group, etc.; blame; censure.
-to upbraid.
-to be a cause of blame or discredit to.
(noun)
-blame or censure conveyed in disapproval
-an expression of upbraiding, censure, or reproof.
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