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Anicent Writing
Vocabulary List 2
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English
10th Grade
09/07/2010

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Persistence
Definition
continued existence or occurrence
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Significant
Definition
important; of consequence
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Coincide
Definition
to occupy the same place in space, the same point in period in time, or the same relative position
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Generalization
Definition
a result of this process, a general statement, idea, or principle
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Apparent
Definition
exposed to light, open to view, visible
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Hymn
Definition
a song or ode in praise or honor of god
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Epithet
Definition
any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to discribe an actual or attributed quality
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Dominion
Definition
the power or right of governing and contolling
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Replenish
Definition
to make full or complete again, by supplying what is lacking
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Subdue
Definition
to overpower by superior force; overcome
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Beguiled
Definition
to take away from by cheating or deceiving
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Enmity
Definition
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity
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Terminate
Definition
to bring to an end
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Covenant
Definition
an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not to do something specified
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Subsides
Definition
to sink to a low or lower level
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Reckoning
Definition
count, computation, calculation
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Parable
Definition
a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson
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Allergory
Definition
a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another
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Alliteration
Definition
the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
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Assonance
Definition
resemblance of sounds
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