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vocab list 2
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English
10th Grade
09/07/2010

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persistence
Definition
the act or fact of presisting
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significant
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important;of consequence
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coincide
Definition
to occupy the same place in space
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generalization
Definition
the act or process of generalizing
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apparent
Definition
readily seen
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hymn
Definition
a song or ode in praise or honor of god
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epithet
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any wordor phase applied to a person or thing to describean actual or attributed quality
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dominion
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the power or right of governing and controlling
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replenish
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to make full or complete again
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subdue
Definition
to conquer and bring into subjection
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bequiled
Definition
to influenceby trickery
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enmity
Definition
a feeling or condition of hostility
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terminate
Definition
to bring to an end
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covenant
Definition
an agreement
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subsides
Definition
to sink to a low or lower level
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reckoning
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count
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parable
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a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth
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allegory
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a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms
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alliteration
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the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with same consonant sound or sound group
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assonance
Definition
resemblance of sounds
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