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1. to call on (a deity, Muse, etc.), as in prayer or supplication. |
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of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
not pertaining to or connected with religion
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1. not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly. |
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1. person who supplicates; petitioner. |
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reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations: a prayer full of piety.
the quality or state of being pious: saintly piety. |
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| to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated: His words implied a lack of faith. |
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to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
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something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
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| the act or process of inferring. |
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| any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality: “Richard the Lion-Hearted” is an epithet of Richard I. |
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| Divine vs. Statuatory Law |
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Divine- unwritten, passed down from god as a tradition Statutory- Written by man |
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Codified- written down, recorded Natural- a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society. |
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a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like. any poet. |
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| a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare. |
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| penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker. |
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- Difficult or impossible to understand; incomprehensible: unfathomable theories.
Difficult or impossible to measure: the unfathomable depths. |
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| a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, esp. one of great eloquence: Demosthenes was one of the great orators of ancient Greece. |
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| having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech: an eloquent orator. |
| | characterized by forceful and appropriate expression: an eloquent speech. |
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| | to refute by evidence or argument. |
| 2. | to oppose by contrary proof |
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| the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. |
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| to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly: The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city. |
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a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use: rites of baptism; sacrificial rites.
nobility or elevation of character; worthiness: dignity of sentiments. |
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| required beforehand: a prerequisite fund of knowledge |
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| subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision. |
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characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless. |
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conduct; behavior; deportment. a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience. |
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| happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else. |
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to summarize or condense. vs. to embrace or comprise. |
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| any system of persons or things ranked one above another. |
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| Homecoming either literal or figurative |
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to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often fol. by over or upon). to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully: He pondered his next words thoroughly. |
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| in fact; in reality: Although his title was prime minister, he was de facto president of the country. Although the school was said to be open to all qualified students, it still practiced de facto segregation. |
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| by right; according to law |
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| a person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast: The straight man was an able foil to the comic. |
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a person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status. vs. a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads. |
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the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. vs. free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world. |
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existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute: an inherent distrust of strangers. vs. of or pertaining to the basic constitution or structure of a thing; constitutional; structural: The flaws in your writing are too organic to be easily remedied. + characterized by the systematic arrangement of parts; organized; systematic: elements fitting together into a unified, organic whole. |
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| to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne. |
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implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement. Vs. a self-evident truth that requires no proof. |
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full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning. vs. skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile. Vs. insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity. |
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| to extend across or over: A bridge traverses the stream. |
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using or giving in great amounts; prodigal (often fol. by of): lavish of his time; lavish of affection. vs. the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin. |
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- A sea, such as the Aegean, containing a large number of scattered islands.
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| barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape. |
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| proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: taboo words. |
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| a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used esp. to accompany singing and recitation. |
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| of or pertaining to a situation involving two or more events, possibilities, etc., in which the occurrence of one precludes the occurrence of the other: mutually exclusive plans of action. |
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| a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump. |
| 2. | similarity or comparability: I see no analogy between your problem and mine. |
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| one who is indifferent and free from passion |
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a shelter from danger or hardship [syn: refuge] vs. | shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm. |
| 2. | a place of shelter, protection, or safety. |
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| fine or delicate in meaning or intent; difficult to perceive or understand: subtle irony. |
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| a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc. |
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| to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions. |
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| to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock. |
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| to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision. |
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| to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often fol. by for). |
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| assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case. |
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| beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage: an incipient cold. |
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| a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence. |
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