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The Iliad Books 10-11 Vocab Flashcards

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A soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch

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Sentinels

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Sentinels

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A soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch

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Put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone

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Defer

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Defer

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put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone

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The faculty or power of using one’s will

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Volition

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Widespread destruction

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Havoc

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Havoc

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Widespread destruction

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Cyan

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A greenish-blue color

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A greenish-blue color

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Cyan

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Baldric

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A belt for a sword or other piece of equipment, worn over one shoulder and reaching down to the opposite hip

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A belt for a sword or other piece of equipment, worn over one shoulder and reaching down to the opposite hip

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Baldric

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Enamel

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An opaque or semitransparent glassy substance applied to metallic or other hard surfaces for ornament or as a protective coating

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An opaque or semitransparent glassy substance applied to metallic or other hard surfaces for ornament or as a protective coating

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Enamel

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Heinous

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Utterly odious or wicked

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Utterly odious or wicked

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Heinous

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Protege

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A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experience or influential person

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A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experience or influential person

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Protege

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Rout

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A disorderly retreat of defeated troops

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A disorderly retreat of defeated troops

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Rout

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Phalanx

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a body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation

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a body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation

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Phalanx

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Firebrand

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a person who is passionate about a particular cause, typically inciting change and taking radical action

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a person who is passionate about a particular cause, typically inciting change and taking radical action

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Firebrand

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Parching

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Causing dryness through intense heat

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Causing dryness through intense heat

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Parching

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Anodyne

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Not likely to provoke, dissent, or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so

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Not likely to provoke, dissent, or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so

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Anodyne

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Forlorn

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Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

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Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

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Forlorn

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