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Unit 3&4
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Education
9th Grade
09/19/2011

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Consummate
Definition

complished or supremely skilled

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to bestow
Definition

 to present as a gift or an honor; confer

 
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Libations

Definition

the pouring of a liquid offering as a religious ritual.

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Throng
Definition

A large group of people gathered or crowded closely together; a multitude

 
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To Moor
Definition

to make fast (a vessel, for example) by means of cables, anchors, or lines

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Bard
Definition

A poet, especially a lyric poet.

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Minstrel
Definition

A medieval entertainer, who traveled from place to place, especially to sing and recite poetry.

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Lyre
Definition

A stringed instrument of the harp family having two curved arms connected at the upper end by a crossbar, used to accompany a singer or recite of poetry, especially in ancient Greece.

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Discernment

Definition

The act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment.

 
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To Elude 

Definition

to evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill

 
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Foreboding 

Definition

A sense of impending evil or misfortune.

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Lush
Definition

Having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation.

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Plunder
Definition

property stolen by fraud or force

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Swine
Definition

 A person regarded as brutish or contemptible.

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Profound
Definition

having intellectual depth and insight, extending far below the surface

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Oblivion
Definition

 the fact or condition of forgetting or having forgotten

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Trepidation 

Definition

a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation

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Miscreant

Definition

one who behaves criminally or viciously

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Omniscience

Definition

the quality or state of being omniscient

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 Eminence

Definition

a position of prominence or superiority

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Gallant 

Definition

showy in dress or bearing

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Plight 

Definition

a solemnly given pledge

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To Portend

Definition
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage
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Cunning 

Definition

dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources; and trickery 

 
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Piteous

Definition

of a kind to move to pity or compassion

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To intimate/Intimation

Definition

To make known epically publically or formally

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 Plausible 

Definition

superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious

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Succession

Definition

The order in which or the condition under which one person after another succeeds to a property, dignity, title, or throne

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Sacrilege

Definition

 A technical and not necessarily intrinsically outrageous violation (as improper reception or a sacrament) of what is sacred because consecrated to god)

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To Flay
Definition

to strip off the skin or outer covering of.

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