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| shield or protection; auspices; sponsorship |
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| exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; extremely delicious; excellent |
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| pertaining to or resmbling the dawn; rosy; radiant |
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| jovial or wild w/drukenness |
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| one who prophesies doom or disaster; pessimist |
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| fantastic; unreal; impossible; absurd |
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| cruel; harsh; severe; ironhanded |
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| automatic and immediate repitition (echoing) of what others say |
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| delightful; blissful; heavenly |
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| prone to controversy; disputatious; argumentative |
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| animal life animals of a particular region or period |
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| plant life; plants of a particular region or period |
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| medium or place for open discussion and expression of ideas- a public meeting radio, or TV discussion, editorial page, etc. |
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| bully; intimidate w/threats; bluster |
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| very difficult; requiring the strength of Hercules |
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| airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious |
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| having colors like the rainbow |
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| jolly; merry; good-humored |
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| full of confusing passageways; intricate; complicated, like the Labyrinth |
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| using words sparingly; terse; concise |
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| long-distance footrace of 26 miles 385 yards |
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| pertaining to war; warlike |
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| obedient and unquestioning follower |
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| in love w/oneself; excessively fascinated and gratified by one's own physical and mental qualities; egocentric |
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| something exceptionally delicious to drink |
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| due punishment for eveil deeds |
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| long series of wanderings or travels |
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| song or hymn of praise, joy, or triumph |
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| sudden, overpowering terror, sometimes causing mass flight |
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| bitter denunciation; tirade |
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| having great influence because of one's wealth |
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| cruel or inflexible in enforcing conformity |
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| exceedingly variable; readily assuming different forms or shapes |
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| ruinous; gained at too great a cost |
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| dangerous, attractive woman |
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| woman who sings w/bewitching sweetness |
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| apparatus for sounding loud warnings |
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| legislator; wise lawgiver |
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| marked by simplicity and avoidance of comfort; marked by self-discipline, bravery, and ability to endure pain |
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| infernal; especially dark; gloomy |
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| excite a hope but prevent its fulfillment; tease |
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| pertaining to the drama or acting |
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| of enormous strength, size, or power |
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| inconstant; unstable; capricious; subject to rapid and unpredictable mood changes |
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| endurance contest, as a dance marathon |
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| one who inflicts such punishment |
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| having to do w/the Olympic Games, international athletic competitions held every four years |
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| terpischoean (adj. or n.) |
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