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September 02
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09/02/2004

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Term
Affliction
Definition
A condition of pain, suffering, or distress.
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Solace
Definition
Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress; consolation.
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Mead-Hall
Definition
Gathering place in a open hall
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Fetters
Definition
A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet.
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Plunder
Definition
rob of goods by force, especially in time of war.
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Loathsome
Definition
To arouse a great dislike for someone or something.
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Animosity
Definition
Bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred.
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Elegiac
Definition
Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past: an elegiac lament for youthful ideals.
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Prowess
Definition
Superior skill or ability.
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Vernacular
Definition
The standard native language of a country or locality.
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Spawned
Definition
The eggs of aquatic animals such as bivalve mollusks, fishes, and amphibians.
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Banished
Definition
To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile.
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Laments
Definition
To express grief for or about; mourn: lament a death.
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Quench
Definition
To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish.
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Reparation
Definition
The act or process of repairing or the condition of being repaired.
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Jutting
Definition
To extend outward or upward beyond the limits of the main body; project.
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Purge
Definition
To free from impurities; purify.
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Writhing
Definition
To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment.
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Taut
Definition
Pulled or drawn tight; not slack.
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Sinews
Definition
A tendon.
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