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Word Wealth
Word Welath Unit 10
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English
9th Grade
01/17/2010

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Aegls
Definition
protection, sponsorship
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Aeolus
Definition
god of the winds
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aeonian
Definition
lasting forever
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Aeneas
Definition
the legendary Trojan who found Rome
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Aesthetic/esthetic
Definition
sensitive to beauty
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Amazon
Definition
a large strong or athletic woman, a female warrior
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Aurora
Definition
the dawn or similar luminosity
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Odyssey
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extended journey or wondering
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Paean
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song of thanksgiving, joy, praise or triumph
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Palladium
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safeguard, something to insure saftey
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Plutocrat
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a wealthy person, especially a person whose wealth means power
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Siren
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a bewitching or irresistible woman; fascinating, captivating
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Valhalla
Definition
hall of feasting heroes
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Ambrosial
Definition
fragrant, delicious
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Apollonian
Definition
godlike, living by enlightened, aesthetic intellectual values; harmonious, spiritual
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Dionysian
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living for sensual and material delights
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Hermetic
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completely sealed, airtight, hard to understand, real to the magical
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Procrustean
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taking fanatical or ruthless action to attain conformity
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Promethean
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daring, creative, or heroic on be behalf of humanity
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Prometheus
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a person who performs an act of liberation, offends the deity by this act, and suffers prolonged an painful punishment
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Pyrrhic victory
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a too-costly victory
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Stygian
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dark, gloomy, hellish
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Tantalizing
Definition
teasing, tormenting
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Terpsichorean
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pertaining to dance
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Titanic
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extremely large, strong or powerful
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Titanium
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metallic element used in the manufacture of air crafts
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