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vocan list 5 KCH 3rd
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10th Grade
04/06/2011

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elegy
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a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead
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Figures of speech
Definition
an expressive use of language.
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antithesis
Definition
the direct opposite
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Koran
Definition
the sacred text of Islam
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sermon
Definition
any serious speech,discourse,based on a text scripture
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a frame story
Definition
a story written within another story
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moral
Definition
of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between
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invoking
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used as;calling upon.
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prodigious
Definition
very large, huge
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inverted
Definition
to turn upside down
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adjured
Definition
commanded as under oath
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resolutely
Definition
firmly resolved or determined
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perfidious
Definition
wicked; unfaithful
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memorlize
Definition
to commemorate.
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mosque
Definition
a Muslim temple or place of public worship.
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islam
Definition
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet
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Muslim
Definition
of or pertaining to the religion law
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Timbuktu
Definition
a town in central Mali, W Africa, near the Niger R
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Renaissance
Definition
the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in europe beginning in the
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pious
Definition
someone who practices their religion faithfully or seriously
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ancestors
Definition
a person from who one is descended
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manuscript
Definition
the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher
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intellectualism
Definition
devotion to intellectual pursuits.
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hub
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the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
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convene
Definition
to come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose.
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meteor
Definition
any person or object that moves, progresses, becomes famous, etc., with spectacular speed
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lament
Definition
to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
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prolific
Definition
producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree
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