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Ancient Literature
VL7 Koala and JMT
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English
10th Grade
04/26/2011

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Somber
Definition
Drab: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"
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Deluge
Definition
Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"
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Pestilence
Definition
Plague: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection
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Monotheism
Definition
Belief in a single god
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Apostrophe
Definition
Address to an absent or imaginary person
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Replenish
Definition
Fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"
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Beguiled
Definition
Filled with wonder and delight
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Terminate
Definition
End: bring to an end or halt
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Subsided
Definition
Wear off or die down
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Narrative
Definition
Message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events
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Afflicted
Definition
Grievously affected especially by disease
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Recompense
Definition
Compensate: make amends for; pay compensation for
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Reproach
Definition
A mild rebuke or criticism
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ominous
Definition
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
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transgression
Definition
violation of a law, command
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epithet
Definition
a characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and often used in place of an actual name,
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polytheism
Definition
belief in more than one God
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dominion
Definition
the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
2.
rule; control
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subdue
Definition
to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
2.
to overpower by superior force; overcome.
3.
to bring under mental or emotional control, as by persuasion or intimidation; render submissive.
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enmity
Definition
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism
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covenant
Definition
an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
2.
Law . an incidental clause in such an agreement.
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reckoning
Definition
count; computation; calculation.
2.
the settlement of accounts, as between two companies.
3.
a statement of an amount due; bill.
4.
an accounting, as for things received or done.
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entreat
Definition
to ask earnestly for
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kindred
Definition
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
2.
a group of persons related to another; family, tribe, or race.
3.
relationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage; kinship.
4.
natural relationship; affinity.
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sufficed
Definition
to be enough or adequate for; satisfy
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