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kmann12764 on November 9, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 discord | lack of agreement or harmony |
| bribe | make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence |
| prophet | an authoritative person who divines the future |
| compensation | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) |
| plight | a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one |
| dwelling | Housing that someone is living in |
| anoint | administer an oil or ointment to |
| truce | a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms, a pause in fighting, temporary peace |
| ransom | money demanded for the return of a captured person |
| booty | Treasures or property taken from an enemy in war. |
| conclave | private or secret meeting |
| festal | of a joyous celebration |
| covert | a hiding place |
| prostrate | flat; face downward; completely overcome |
| forsook | abandoned |
| vain | ineffective, fruitless, unprofitable |
| despoiled | deprived of value and honor |
| glutted | filled, sated |
| diadem | a decorated cloth headband worn as a crown |
| wallow | move heavily or clumsily |
| reproach | express criticism towards |
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