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Word Wealth Unit 10
Words you will never use
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English
11th Grade
12/11/2012

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aegis
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protection/sponsorship (Athena's shield)
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aeolian
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operated by the air (Aeolus)
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aeonian
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lasting forever (Aeolus)
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aesthetic
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sensitive to beauty
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amazon
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a large. strong, or athletic woman, a female warrior
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aurora
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dawn or similar luminosity
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aureate
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golden/brilliant
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aureole
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a halo of golden radiance encircling a body
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aureous/auric
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containing gold
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odyssey
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extended journey/wandering
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paean
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song of thanksgiving/joy/praise/triumph
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palladium
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safeguard; something to insure safety
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plutocrat
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a wealthy person, especially one whose wealth means power
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siren
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a bewitching/irresistible woman; fascinating/captivating
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Valhalla
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hall of feasting heroes
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Paradiso
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a place of purer delights
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ambrosial
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fragrant/delicious/superior
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Apollonian
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godlike, living by enlightened, aesthetic, intellectual values; harmonious/spiritual (Apollo)
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Dionysian
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living for sensual and material delights (Dionysus)
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Bacchanalian
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Characterized by or given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken.
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hermetic
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completely sealed/airtight/hard to understand/relating to the occult or the magical (Hermes)
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procrustean
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taking fanatical or ruthless action to attain conformity
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Promethean
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daring/creative/heroic on behalf of humanity (Prometheus)
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Pyrrhic victory
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a costly victory
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stygian
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dark/gloomy/hellish (River Styx)
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tantalizing
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teasing/tormenting (Tantalus)
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terpsichorean
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pertaining to dancing
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titanic
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extremely large/strong/powerful (Titans)
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