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ancient literature TB 1st period
vl7
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English
10th Grade
04/26/2011

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somber
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gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted
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ominous
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portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
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deluge
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a great flood of water and downpour
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transgression
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an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
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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 (not the punctuation)
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as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced
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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 bring under mental or emotional control, as by persuasion or intimidation; render submissive.
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beguiled
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to influence by trickery, flattery
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enmity
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a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
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terminate
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to bound or limit spatially; form or be situated at the extremity of.
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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
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an accounting, as for things received or done. an appraisal or judgment
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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 (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg: to entreat the judge for mercy.
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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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a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin
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recompense
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to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc
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sufficed
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to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes,
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reproach
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to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
to upbraid.
to be a cause of blame or discredit to
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