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hebrew literature drd2
vocabulary list 3
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10th Grade
09/13/2010

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Term
fate
Definition
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune
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incentive
Definition
something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
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mediocre
Definition
of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate.
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reminisce
Definition
to recall past experiences.
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sacrifice
Definition
the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
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entreat
Definition
to ask earestly for something
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afflicted
Definition
to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously
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kindred
Definition
a person's relatives collectively
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recompense
Definition
to repay
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reproach
Definition
to find fault with a person, group, etc.
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apostrophe
Definition
to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word.
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monotheism
Definition
the belief in only one god
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polytheism
Definition
the belief in more than one god
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parallelism
Definition
agreement in direction, tendency, or character
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speaker
Definition
the person that peresents something
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