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gilgamesh--tnv
ancient literary terms
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English
10th Grade
08/26/2010

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ambition
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a strong devine for success
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archetype
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something that serves as a modle or basic for making copiesd
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deluge
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fill beyond capacity
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differentiate
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to mark or show a difference
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epic
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a long poem
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epic hero
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is an important figure in history or legend.
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ideals
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an ideal is principal or value that one actively purse as a goal.
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integrity
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Integrity as a concept has to do with perceived consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations and outcome
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ominous
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Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious
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pestilence
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an evil influence or idea
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simile
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a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
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somber
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drab: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"
grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
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speculate
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to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
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transgression
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the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle;
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