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Ancient Literature SCP 3RD
VL7
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English
10th Grade
04/27/2011

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Somber
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gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
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ominous
Definition
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
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Deluge
Definition
a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
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transgression
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a breach of a law, etc; sin or crime
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pestilence
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any epidemic outbreak of a deadly and highly infectious disease, such as the plague
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epithet
Definition
any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality
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monotheism
Definition
the doctrine or belief that there is only one god.
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polytheism
Definition
the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
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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,
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dominion
Definition
the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
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Replanish
Definition
to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
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subdue
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to conquer and bring into subjection
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begiled
Definition
to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
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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; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
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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.
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subsided
Definition
to sink to a low or lower level.
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reckoning
Definition
count; computation; calculation.
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narrative
Definition
a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
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entreat
Definition
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg: to entreat the judge for mercy
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afflicted
Definition
to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
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kindred
Definition
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
2.
a group of persons related to another; family, tribe, or race.
3.
relationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage; kinship.
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recompense
Definition
to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
2.
to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like).
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sufficed
Definition
to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
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reproach
Definition
to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure
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