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SSH- period 1
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English
10th Grade
09/13/2010

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Fate (noun)
Definition
the ultimate agency that people prepetermines the course of events
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Incentive(noun)
Definition
a motivating influence; stimulus
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Mediocre(adjective)
Definition
derogatory often average or ordinaryin quality; a medipcre book
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Reminisce(verb)
Definition
to talk or write about old times, pat experienes, etc
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Sacrifice (noun)
Definition
A surrender of something of values as a meands of gaining something more desirable or of preventing some evil
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Entreat(verb)
Definition
to ask (a person) earnestly; beg or plead with; implore
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Afflicted (verb)
Definition
to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously
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Kindred (adjective)
Definition
having similer or common qualities; orgin; etc.
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Recompense (verb)
Definition
to pay or reward for service, work, etc.
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Reproach (verb)
Definition
to impute blame to(a person)  for an action or fault; rebuke
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Apostrophe(noun)
Definition
the punction  marks used to indicate that omission of a letter or used in english to form the possissive, as in John's father and twenty pounds worth
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Monotheism (noun)
Definition
the belief or doctrine that there is only one God
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Polytheism (noun)
Definition
the worship of or belief in more than one God
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Parallelism (noun)
Definition
the state of being parallel
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Speaker (noun)
Definition
a person who speaks, esp. at a formal ossacion
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