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Greek Lit DRD
Second six weeks vocabulary
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10th Grade
10/11/2010

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Competent
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having suitable or sufficent skill, knowledge, experience, etc.
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Deprive
Definition
to remove or withhold something from the enojoyment or posession of(a person or persons)
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Imminent
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likely to occur at any moment; impending
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Impulsive
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actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses; having power or effect of impelling; inciting to action
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Manipulate
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to manage or influence skillfully, esp. in unfair manner
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Revere
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to regard with respect tinged with awe;venerate
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Formidable
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causing fear, apprehension, or dread
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Loath
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unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse
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Implacable
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not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable
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Destitute
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without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter
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Allay
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to put(fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet
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Foreshadowing
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to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure
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Flashback
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a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc. by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work
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Epic simile
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a simile developed over several lines of verse, esp. one used in an epic poem
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Affixes
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to fasten, join, or attach(usually fol. by to)
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