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Ancient Literature JHG
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10th Grade
04/26/2011

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somber
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(adj.)gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted
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ominous
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(adj.)portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
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deluge
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(n.)a great flood of water
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transgression
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(n.)violation of a law, command
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pestilence
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(n.)a deadly or virulent epidemic disease
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epithet
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(n.)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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(n.)the doctrine or belief that there is only one god
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polytheism
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(n.)the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods
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apostrophe
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(n.)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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(n.)the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority
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replenish
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(v.)to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up,
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subdue
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(v.)to conquer and bring into subjection
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beguiled
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(v.)to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
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enmity
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(n.)a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
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terminate
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(v.)to bring to an end; put an end to
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covenant
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(n.)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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(v.)to sink to a low or lower level
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reckoning
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(n.)count; computation; calculation ; a statement of an amount due; bill
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narrative
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(n.)a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious
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entreat
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(v.)to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg
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afflicted
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(v.)to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously
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kindred
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(n.)a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin
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recompense
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(n.)compensation, as for an injury, wrong, etc.:
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sufficed
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(v.)to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
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reproach
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(v.)to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure
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