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Ancient Literature-MMA 4th period
VL7
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English
10th Grade
05/05/2011

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somber
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adjective: gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted
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ominous
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adjective: portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening
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deluge
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verb: to flood; inundate.
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transgression
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noun: violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
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pestilence
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noun: a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
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epithet
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noun: any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality
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monotheism
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noun: the doctrine or belief that there is only one god.
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polytheism
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noun: the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
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apostrophe (not the punctuation)
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noun Rhetoric .
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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noun: the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
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replenish
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verb: to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.
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subdue
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verb: to conquer and bring into subjection
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beguiled
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verb: to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.
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enmity
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noun: a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
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terminate
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verb: to bring to an end; put an end to
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covenant
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noun: an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
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subsided
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verb: to sink to a low or lower level.
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reckoning
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noun: count; computation; calculation.
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narrative
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noun: a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
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entreat
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verb: to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg
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afflicted
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verb: to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously
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kindred
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noun: a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
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recompense
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verb: to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
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sufficed
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verb: to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
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reproach
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verb: to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
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