Tuesday, August 31, 2010

vocabulary words

• Scop; n ; an old English poet

• Sinews; n ; a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone

• Spawn; v ; release or deposit eggs

• Infamous; adj ; known for a bad quality or deed

• Hoary; adj ; grayish white hair

• Murky; adj ; dark and gloomy

• Purge; v ; rid someone of unwanted feeling

• Reparation; n ; the making of amends for a wrong one has done

• Lament; n ; a passionate expression of grief and sorrow

• Heathen; n ; a person who does not belong in a widely held religion

• Cowering; v ; crouching down in fear

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