Lit Vocab

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boon

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convivial or sociable

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penuriously

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in severe poverty

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dullard

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a stupid or unimaginative person

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chaste

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innocent; pure

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firmament

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sky

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interminable

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having or seeming to have no end

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prodigy

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extraordinary person, thing, or deed

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inordinate

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excessive

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renown

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a state of being widely acclaimed

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extremity

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great danger or need

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poignancy

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the quality of painfully affecting one's feelings

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revered

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regarded as worthy of great honor

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scholarship

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academic achievement or knowledge

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stealthily

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slowly and secretely

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enmity

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hatred or ill will

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covenant

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a formal, solemn, and binding agreement

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attainment

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accomplishment

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incantation

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use of spells or verbal charms as part of a magic ritual

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impale

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to pierce with a pointed object

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avarice

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greed

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debar

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to shut out or exclude from doing something

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glean

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to pick up or gather grain left on the field after the reaping

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presumption

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attitude or conduct that oversteps the bounds of propriety or courtesy

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ominous

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forboding or foreshadowing evil

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prostrate

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to throw oneself face downward on the ground as a gesture of humility or submission

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thicket

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dense growth of shrubbery or small trees

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precipitous

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having very steep sides

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fatuous

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silly, foolish

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redress

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to crrect or compensate for a wrong or loss

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nullity

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a mere nothing; insignificance

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tumult

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noisy confusion

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sinister

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singularly evil; meanacing

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discourteous

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impolite

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contrary

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unfavorable

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austerity

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a spiritual, morally strict act

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depraved

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marked by evil

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munificence

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great generosity

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sluice

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floodgate

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winnow

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to separate the grain from the chaff

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libation

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a liquid used in ceremonial drinking

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appease

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to make peace with through concessions

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clamor

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noisy shouting

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demolition

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act of tearing down or breaking to pieces; destruction