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Ancient Literature LGH JJG4
VL6
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English
10th Grade
04/26/2011

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Term
somber
Definition
adj.
extremely serious
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ominous
Definition
adj.
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
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deluge
Definition
n.
a great flood of water
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transgression
Definition
n.
violation of a law or command
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pestilence
Definition
n.
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease
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epithet
Definition
n.
any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality
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monotheism
Definition
n.
the doctrine or belief that there is only one god.
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polytheism
Definition
n.
the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
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apostrophe
Definition
n.
a digression from a discourse
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dominion
Definition
n.
the power or right of governing and controlling
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replenish
Definition
v.
to make full or complete again
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subdue
Definition
v.
to conquer and bring into subjection
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beguiled
Definition
v.
to influence by trickery
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enmity
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n.
a feeling or condition of hostility
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terminate
Definition
v.
to bring to an end
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