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Literature Unit #1 Vocabulary
Humanities unit #2 (14 words)
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Literature
7th Grade
11/21/2013

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Barbaric
Definition
Without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive; crudely rich or splended
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Florid
Definition
Flowery; excessively ornate; showy
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Valor
Definition
Boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage
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Gladiator
Definition
A person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or wild animall, for the entertainment of the spectators, a person who engages in a fight or courtesy 
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Emanate
Definition
To flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin, come forth, originate 
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Idealism
Definition
The cherish or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, the tendency to represent things in an ideal form, or as they might or should be rather than they are, with emphasis in value
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Retribution
Definition
Requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil; the distribution of rewards and punishments in a future life
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Perceive
Definition
To become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses; to reconize, discem, envision, understand
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Fervent
Definition
Having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, ardent 
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Emerge
Definition
To come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity, to come into existance, develop
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Devious
Definition
Departing from the most direct, proper, or accepted way, not straightforward, shifty, or crooked
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Deliberate
Definition
Carefully weighed or considered studied, intentional, to think carefully or attentively, reflect
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Procure
Definition
To obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means
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Reverie
Definition
A daydream, a fantastic, visionary, or impractical ideas
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Re-
Definition
Again, back, backward
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-ism
Definition
State or quality principle
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merge
Definition
Dip, dive
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