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10th Grade
04/26/2011

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Somber
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Gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted ,dark and dull, as color, or as things in respect to color, extremely serious; grave (adjective)
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Ominous
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Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious (adjective)
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Deluge
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A great flood of water ; a drenching rain. (noun)
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Transgression
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An act of transgressing ; violation of law, command (noun)
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Pestilence
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A deadly or virulent epidemic disease ; something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil. (noun)
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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 (noun)
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Monotheism
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The doctrine or belief that there is only one god. (noun)
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polytheism
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The doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods. (noun)
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Apostrophe
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A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent or dead personm a deity, an abstract quality, or something nonhuman as if it were present and capable or responding. (adjective)
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Dominion
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The power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority ; a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway (noun)
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Replenish
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To make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up ; to fill again or anew (verb)
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Subdue
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To conquer and bring into subjection ; to overpower by superior force ; to bring under mental or emotional control, as by persuasion or intimidation; render submissive ; to repress (verb)
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Beguiled
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To influence by trickery, flattery, ; to take away from by cheating or deceiving ; to charm or divert ; to pass pleasantly (verb)
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Enmity
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A feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; (noun)
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Terminate
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To bring to an end; put an end to ; to bound or limit spatially; form or be situated at the extremity of (verb)
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Covenant
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An agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified (noun)
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Subside
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To sink to a low or lower level ; to become quiet,or less violent; (verb)
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Reckoning
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Count; computation; calculation ; the settlement of accounts, as between two companies ; (noun)
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Narrative
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A story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious (noun)
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Entreat
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To ask earnestly ; beseech ; implore (verb)
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Afflicted
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To distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously(verb)
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Kindred
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A person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin ; relationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage; kinship. (noun)
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Recompense
Definition
To repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid (verb)
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Sufficed
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To be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes (verb)
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Reproach
Definition
To find fault with; blame; censure; to upbraid; to be a cause of blame or discredit to. (verb)
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