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Literature7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angular | bony and lean |
| dappled | spotted |
| reel | to go around and round |
| substance | material quality |
| unaccountably | without apparent explanation |
| herald | a person who announces important news |
| double stade | a footrace twice the length of a stadium |
| strigil | an instrument used for scraping the skin after a bath |
| barbarian | her, a member of a non Greek people |
| tunic | a loose-fitting garnment extending to the knee |
| explicit | plain,straight forward |
| design | a plan |
| endow | to provide with a quality or a talent |
| aptitude | natural ability |
| humility | lack of pride |
| titan | one of a family of giants who were over thrown by the family of Zesus |
| beard | to confront |
| caprice | the quality of acting without planning or thinking |
| sustenance | nourishment, assistance |
| sluice | to wash |
| colomnaded | having a series of evenly spaced columns |
| conduit | a pipe for transporting fluids |
| treachery | willful betrayal of trust or confidence |
| indignant | filled with indignation |
| indignation | anger that is a reaction to injustice or meanness |
| implore | to beg |
| Amazon | a member of a mythical tribe of women |
| centaur | mythical creature with the upper body of a man and the lower body of a horse |
| haughty | condescending proud |
| plaque | to annoy |
| jeer | to mock; to taunt |
| copse | a patch of small trees or shrubs |
| sloven | a person who is careless in appearance |
| nimbly | quickly and lightly |
| dovecote | a structure where tame pigeons are housed |
| curtsey | to bend the knees and lower the body as a genture of respect |
| alight | to land lightly as after flight |
| ingratiate | to try to bring oneself into another favor |
| immortal | undying;not subject to death |
| misfortune | a piece of bad luck |
| scornfully | disdainfully |
| vainly | uselessly,; to no avail |
| contempt | disdain |
| pine | to waste |
| enchanted | under a spell; bewitched |
| melancholy | sadness, depression |
| rebellion | organized resistance to governement or authority |
| reclaiming | getting back' recovering |
| grievous | painful;serious |
| bellow | shout a deep voice; roar |
| realm | kingdom |
| apprentice | a person learning a trade |
| dismount | to get down from a horse |
| inscription | something written; carved , or engraved on a surface |
| pommel | a knob on a hilt of a sword |
| hamage | a display of loyalty and respect |
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