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34 Cards in this Set
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salient
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adj. conspicuous;noticable
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accommodate
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v. to serve; make room for
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deportment
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n. behavior
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tedious
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adj. slow; boring; tiresome
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pontificate
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v. pompous speech
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pantheon
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n. a temple dedicated to the Gods
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assertion
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n. a temple dedicated to the Gods
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crescendo
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adj & adv. gradually increasing in volume or intensity
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oxymoron
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n. a self-contradictory statement( opposites)
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affliction
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pain and suffering
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spawned
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something produced or given birth to
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mead-halls
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banquet halls where warriors meet
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keel
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bottom of a ship
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kenning
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seeing or vision---the act of seeing or understanding
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mead
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a fermented honey and water drink
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mail
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flexible body armor with loops of chain
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solace
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to soothe or comfort
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Scop
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a traveling storyteller
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wrath
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anger
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Epic
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a long, extended narrative poem
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feudal
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lands held by an overlord, held in fee
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sentinel
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watchman or guard
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linden
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flexible hardwood
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corpse
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a dead body
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shrouds
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fabric to wrap a corpse for burial
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talon
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a claw
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writhing
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to twist or squirm , usually in pain
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sinews
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tendons
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inference
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an educated guess
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pagan
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a non-Christian
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lair
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a den or cave
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hilt
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handle of swords or knives
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pyre
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burial platform of wood for burning corpses
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hoary
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grey or white with age
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