ENG 3 Unit 1, Week 1

Mr. Tracy (United States of America)
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  1. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  2. lamentable
    bad; unfortunate
  3. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
  4. affliction
    a cause of great suffering and distress
  5. plunder
    steal goods; take as spoils
  6. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  7. savory
    pleasing to the sense of taste
  8. bewitching
    capturing interest as if by a spell
  9. mutilate
    destroy or injure severely
  10. quarrel
    an angry dispute
  11. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  12. carnivorous
    relating to flesh-eating animals
  13. pliable
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  14. monotheism
    belief in a single God
  15. polytheism
    belief in multiple gods
  16. vanity
    feelings of excessive pride
  17. fatalistic
    accepting that everything that happens is inevitable
  18. predestination
    previous determination as if by destiny or fate
  19. firmament
    the sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
  20. tradition
    a specific practice of long standing
Created on Tue Sep 03 19:47:52 EDT 2013

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