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Ancient Literature CPA 3rd
VL7
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English
10th Grade
05/03/2011

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somber
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gloomily dark; shadowy -adjective
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ominous
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evil or harm; foreboding; threatening
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deluge
Definition
a great flood of water
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transgression
Definition
violation of a law, command, etc.; sin-noun
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pestilence
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a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
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pestilence
Definition
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
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epithet
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any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality: “Richard the Lion-Hearted” is an epithet of Richard I.
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monotheism
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the doctrine or belief that there is only one god.
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polytheism
Definition
the worship of or belief in more than one god
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apostrophe
Definition
a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”
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dominion
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the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
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replenish
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to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.:
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subdue
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to overpower by superior force; overcome.
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beguiled
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to influence by trickery, flattery, etc
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enmity
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a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred
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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 do something specified
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subsided
Definition
to sink to a low or lower level.
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reckoning
Definition
the settlement of accounts, as between two companies
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narrative
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1. a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious
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entreat
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to ask earnestly for (something):
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afflicted
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to distress with mental or bodily pain;
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afflicted
Definition
to distress with mental or bodily pain;
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kindred
Definition
a group of persons related to another
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recompense
Definition
to pay or give compensation for
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sufficed
Definition
be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
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reproach
Definition
to find fault with (a person, group, etc.);
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