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He gathered us around a 13 ft. tall stone columns w/ a big _____ on the top, and started telling us how it was a grave marker, a stele, to a girl about our age.
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Sphinx
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an ancient Egyptian image having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk
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Sphinx
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Instead of feet, Grover had ________hooves
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cloven
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the front part divided into two parts
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cloven
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Mr. Brunner, Percy's ex-latin teacher was a ______.
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centaur
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a greek myth creature half man and horse
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centaur
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Mr. D looked at the wine with a _____ suprise.
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feigned
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fake; to give a false appearance of
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feigned
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The landscape was dotted with buildings that look like ancient Greek architecture , an open-air ____, an ampitheather, a circular arena-excepth that they looked brand new , their white marble columns sparkling in the sun
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pavilion
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a large tent w/ a peaked or rounded top
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pavilion
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"Just the Lord of the dead and a few of his blood-thirstiest____."
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minons
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a person who obediently serves or works for a powerful person/organization
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minions
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Look at the statue of Prometheus in Rocke feller center, the Greek ________ of your gov. buildings in washington
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facades
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the face or front of a building
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facades
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"The ________. Half bull. Half man."
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Minotaur
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A monster with the body of a bull and the head of a man from greek myths
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Minotaur
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All the way into the city, I put up w/ Nancy Bobofit, the freckly, redheaded __________girl, hitting my best friend Grover in the back of the head with chunks of peanut butter- and -ketchup sandwich
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kleptomaniac
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a cont. abonormal desire to steal
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kleptomaniac
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But, no, the smell was one I remembered form kindergarden field trips to the petting zoo---_______ , like from wool.
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lanolin
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fatty coating of sheeps' wool esp. when purified for use in ointments and cosmetics
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lanolin
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"The summer _______ deadline."
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solstice
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the poin in the apparent path of the sun where it is farthest nort or south of the equator
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solstice
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The gods defeated their father ,sliced him to piedces with his own__________, and scattered his remains in Tartaros in the darkest part of the underworld.
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scythe
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a tool used that has a curved blade and a long curved handle
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scythe
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One of the current events we studied in ss class was the unusual # of small planes that had gone down in sudden___ in the Atlantic Ocean
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squalls
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a sudden violent wind oftenw/ rain/snow
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squalls
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And then there's the home of the gods, the _______ point of olympus
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covergence
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to move toward one point to another
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convergence
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"I'd been cooped up there so long, my __________ had fallen asleep."
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fetlocks
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a projection w./ a bunch of hair on the back of a horses legabove the hoof
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fetlocks
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a_____, hyperactive boy with a d+report card, kicked out of school for the 6th time in 6 years
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dyslexic
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a learning disability that is usually marked by problems in reading, spelling and writing
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dyslexic
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Something about the way she looked at the ______, as if she wanted to pulverize it
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frieze
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sculptured or ornamental band
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frieze
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"There are _______ who would trample you under hoof for such an insult!"
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satyrs
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a forest god believed by ancient Greeks to half ears and tail of a horse or goat and to enjoy rowdy pleasure
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satyrs
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He lifted her as she struggled, kick and ___________the air
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pummeling
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beat, pound
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pummeling
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"Now we have four for ____________."
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pinochle
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a card game played with 2 cards of each suit with 9 as the lowest
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pinochle
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