Vocab Chapter 10 2
Terms
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- supercilious
- disdainful; haughty and aloof
- inexorable
- relentless; unyeilding
- oracle
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a shrine where hte ancient Greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy
a prophecy made at such a shrine
a person who transmits prophecy from a deity
a person or thing regarded as able to give wise gui dance - oration
- an address or formal speech given on a special occasion
- orifice
- a mouth or vent; an opening
- osculate
- to kiss
- indentation
- a cut or notch
- indenture
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a written contract between two parties
an agreement binding an apprentice to work for a master
to bind by written contract - trident
- a long three-pronged fork or weapon
- orthodontist
- a specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth
- gorge
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a deep, narrow passage with rocky sides, enclosed between mountains
gluttonous eating
a feeling of nausea
to eat greedily
to fill full; to stuff - disgorge
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to expel from the throat or stomach; to vomit
to discharge violently - gargantuan
- of immense size; gigantic
- gargoyle
- a grotesque carved human or animal figure, especially one usedas a rainspout carrying water clear of a wall
- regurgitate
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to cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food; to vomit
to rush or surge back