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30 Cards in this Set
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Obeisence |
a polite gesture (bow or curtsy) |
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Mien |
a way of carrying oneself or manner |
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Bust |
a statue of the head and shoulders only |
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Pallas |
another word for Athena |
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Bequilling |
charm or influence |
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Decorum |
dignity |
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Countenance |
facial expression |
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Craven |
an extremely cowardly expression |
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Plutonian Shore |
refers to darkness or the edge of death. Pluto was the god of the dead tier that separates the living and the dead |
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Ungainly |
awkward looking |
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Discourse |
to speak or converse |
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Placid |
peaceful |
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Uptly |
appropriately |
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Dinges |
slow, mournful songs, often funeral hymns |
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Divining |
guessing |
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Censor |
container for burning senses |
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Seraphim |
angles of the highest rank, said to have 3 pairs of wings |
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Taffled |
carpeted |
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Respite |
belief period of relief from pain |
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Tempter |
devil |
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Tempest |
a violent storm |
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Desolate |
alone |
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Undounted |
unshaken |
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Aidenn |
heaven or paradise |
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Lattice |
strips of wood or metal overlapped in a crisscross pattern |
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Blum of Gilead |
relief from pain or suffering |
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Example of Symbolism |
Nepenthe, a sleeping drug, or anything that eases pain or sorrow |
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Definition and Example of Assonance |
Definition:) Repetition of the same vowel
Example:) Agreeing, being, seeing |
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Example of Alliteration |
Dreaming dreams, doubting |
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Define the phrase, "Saintly days of yore" |
sacred days long ago. |
