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Allusions Test 3

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Delilah noun - seductive, treacherous woman Samson's mistress who betrayed him to Philistines Biblical
Elysian adj. - blissful; delightful from Elysian Fields in the Lower World - home of the blessed or purified after death. Mythology
Epicurean noun or adj. - one with sensitive descriptive taste - gourmet; fond of luxuries and sensual pleasures. from Epicurus - Greek philosopher Believed in emotional calm, the highest good was intellectual pleasures, etc. Historical
Frankenstein noun – anything that threatens or destroys its creator from the young scientist in Mary Shelly’s novel of this name, who created a monster that eventually destroys him Literary
Galahad noun – a pure and noble man with limited ambition in the legends of King Arthur, the purest and most virtuous knight of the Round Table, the only knight to find the Holy Grail Literary
Gerrymander noun/verb - to divide into electoral districts to give unfair advantage to one political party; to manipulate unfairly. from Gov. of Mass. in 1812 Historical
Golgotha noun - a place of unusual, intensive suffering, or sacrifice Calvary, a place outside of Jerusalem where Christ was crucified Biblical
Goliath noun - a giant Champion of the Philistines - killed by young David with a slingshot and a rock. Biblical
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