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Question | Answer |
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a small unattractive, decorated cave | grotto |
to command; order | bade |
the record of people as they relate to other people and to other nations | political history |
the belief and seeking of a being greater than man | religion |
exclusive from common privileges or social acceptance | ostracism |
the response or message given by a god to people | oracle |
an area of a building with a roof and columns, typically a porch | portico |
acting quickly without thought or care | impetuous |
an event with 5 different contests | pentathlon |
system of leaders and laws that maintain order in a state | government |
small community of families gathered together with a ruling chief | village |
community of villages gathered together and ruled by a queen or king | kingdom |
using very few words | laconic |
assistance and support in times of hardship and distress | succor |
ring of iron or rope thrown around a peg for a game | quoit |
fortress on high ground that protects a city | citadel |
passed on from parents to children | hereditary |
pottery used to write on | ostrakon |
each of the nine chiefs rulers in ancient Athens | pole-march |
small group of people who have control of a country | oligarchy |
to send a group of settlers to a place to establish political control | colonize |
a showy and purely decorative thing | gaud |
the study and description of the physical and natural world | science |
a pile of combustible material | pyre |
a drink poured out as an offering to a god | libation |
giving an impression that something bad is about to happen | ominous |
burial room | sepulcher |
characterized by a strong, passionate, forceful felling | vehement |
the ability to discern and make good judgements | sagasticy |
to read or interpret | decipher |