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Iliad Book I Vocabulary
Vocabulary in Context: For each underlined word, guess the meaning AND part of speech.
A pestilence swept the land, killing thousands of people and the animals with which they interacted.
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I had an 89%, so I tried to intensely supplicate my teacher for just one more little point.
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Painting graffiti on a sacrosanct building like a church or mosque would be ultra-despicable.
4.
When my brother threw a tantrum in the store, I tried to propitiate him by giving him an animal cracker.
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She tried to atone for being late to class by answering lots of questions during class discussion.
6.
The funeral home bought soundproofing because lamentation could be heard in the offices next door.
7.
They were hastening to the door to try to beat the rain, but they skies opened up before they got inside.
8.
He insulted me, but I didn’t snap back at him; his opinion is a nonentity, as far as I’m concerned.
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I bet that those little edge-scraps from paper torn out of spiral notebooks are a bane for our custodians.
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The happy shopaholic left the stores with her arms full of new plunder; to her, it was like pirate’s gold.
11.
Supreme Court judges and brain surgeons are revered for the expertise they have in their respective fields.
12.
My mom felt so much pathos for the homeless man that she brought him bags full of groceries.
1.
Iliad Book I Vocabulary
Vocabulary in Context: For each underlined word, guess the meaning AND part of speech.
A pestilence swept the land, killing thousands of people and the animals with which they interacted.
2.
I had an 89%, so I tried to intensely supplicate my teacher for just one more little point.
3.
Painting graffiti on a sacrosanct building like a church or mosque would be ultra-despicable.
4.
When my brother threw a tantrum in the store, I tried to propitiate him by giving him an animal cracker.
5.
She tried to atone for being late to class by answering lots of questions during class discussion.
6.
The funeral home bought soundproofing because lamentation could be heard in the offices next door.
7.
They were hastening to the door to try to beat the rain, but they skies opened up before they got inside.
8.
He insulted me, but I didn’t snap back at him; his opinion is a nonentity, as far as I’m concerned.
9.
I bet that those little edge-scraps from paper torn out of spiral notebooks are a bane for our custodians.
10.
The happy shopaholic left the stores with her arms full of new plunder; to her, it was like pirate’s gold.
11.
Supreme Court judges and brain surgeons are revered for the expertise they have in their respective fields.
12.
My mom felt so much pathos for the homeless man that she brought him bags full of groceries.