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| a poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost |
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| a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level |
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| a contrast of ideas expressed in a grammatically balanced statement |
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the sacred text of islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of god, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics |
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| a speech about moral behavior |
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| employs a narrative technique whereby an introductory main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage for a fictive narrative or organizing a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story. |
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| a lesson about life that a story teaches |
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1. to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for
2. to call on, as in prayer or supplication.
3. to declare to be binding or in effect
4. to appeal to, as for confirmation. |
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1. to turn upside down.
2. to reverse in position, order, direction, or relationship |
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1. to bestow unending fame or life upon; perpetuate. |
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a Muslim temple or place of public worship. |
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| religion founded by Muhammad, who recorded revelations he recieced from Allah in the Koran |
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1. of or pertaining to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam.
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2. an adherent of Islam. |
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1. a town in central Mali, W Africa, near the Niger River. |
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| a French word meaning "rebirth,' used to designate the period in european history beginning in Italy in the fourteenth century and ending in the sevententh century when scientific truths began to challenge long-accepted religious beliefs |
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1. a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
2. something deriving in appearance, function, or general character from an earlier form. |
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1. the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
2. any text not printed.
3. a book or document written before the invention of printing. |
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Philosophy .
a. the doctrine that knowledge is wholly or chiefly derived from pure reason.
b. the belief that reason is the final principle of reality. |
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