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Glossary for Moping Melancholy Mad
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8th Grade
10/01/2010

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Baldric
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Noun. Richly ornamented war belt for holding a sword or bugle.
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Circumscription
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Noun. The limitation, boundary, confinement.
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Denouement
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Noun. Unraveling or revealing of the plot.
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Desideratum
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Noun. Something considered necessary or highly desirable.
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Eddy
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Noun. Circular motion of water or air.
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Elegy
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Noun. Mournful poem or funeral song.
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Epoch
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Noun. Any fixed period of time.
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Gaunt
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Adjective. Meager, slender, thin.
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Greaves
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Noun. Boots, armor for legs.
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Hostler
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Noun. Person who cares for horses at an in..
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Jocund
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Adjective. Merry, lively, sportive.
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Monody
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Noun. Poem or song by one person only.
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Nepenthe
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Noun. Drug that takes away pain or grief.
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Obeisance
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Noun. Bow or curtsey, an act of reverence.
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Paean
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N. Song of triumph or rejoicing.
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Palfrey
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Noun. Small house for ladies or gentlemen.
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Palpiate
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Verb. To tremble, shake, or quiver. To beat with excessive rapidity ; throb
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Pied
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Adjetive. Spotted with different colors.
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Pique
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Noun. Offense taken, irritation or anger at someone.
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Plutonian
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Adj. Of or like the infernal regions.
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Puissance
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Noun. Power, might ; strength
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Runic
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Adj. A character in another alphabet, sometimes believed to have magic powers ; a poem or an incantation of mysterious significance, especially a magic charm.
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Sonorus
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Adj. Clear, loud sounding
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Surcrease
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Verb. Cease, stop; be at an end.
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Tintinnabulation
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Noun. Sounding of bells.
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Usurp
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Verb. Seize or hold in possession by force.
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Vestal
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Adj. Pure, chaste
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Wight
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Noun. A man, a person.
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Wold
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Noun. A rolling plain without trees, a moor.
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