Etymology
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| Achilles' heel | show 🗑
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| show | an extremely handsome young man
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| aegis | show 🗑
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| show | a powerful, masculine woman
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| atlas | show 🗑
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| Cassandra | show 🗑
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| chimera | show 🗑
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| show | place or state of blissful happiness
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| show | a snaky-haired creature so ugly as to petrify an onlooker
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| show | calm; peaceful
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| show | very powerful
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| hydra | show 🗑
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| show | a complicated arrangement of passageways or roads; a maze
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| show | a wise counselor
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| Midas | show 🗑
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| narcissism | show 🗑
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| nemesis | show 🗑
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| show | a long series of wanderings
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| Oedipus (complex) | show 🗑
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| Olympian | show 🗑
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| paean | show 🗑
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| procrustean | show 🗑
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| show | extremely changeable
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| siren | show 🗑
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| stentorian | show 🗑
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| show | dark, gloomy
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| show | tease
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| titanic | show 🗑
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| academy | show 🗑
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| Arcadian | show 🗑
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| show | a very rich man
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| show | one who sarcastically doubts human motives
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| Draconian | show 🗑
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| show | a person of refined taste in matters of food and drink
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| show | to solve a diffcult problem by direct and drastic means
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| laconic | show 🗑
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| show | a large tomb
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| show | to follow a winding course; the Greek-key design
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| ostracism | show 🗑
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| show | a bitter denunciation
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| Pyrrhic (victory) | show 🗑
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| show | a substandard usage of language, a social blunder
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| sophistry, sophism | show 🗑
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| Spartan | show 🗑
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| stoic | show 🗑
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| sword of Damocles | show 🗑
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| show | one devoted to luxury and pleasure
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| bedlam | show 🗑
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| show | to abstain from using, buying, or dealing with as a means of protest, disfavor, or coercion
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| show | a stupid person, dolt
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| Frankenstein | show 🗑
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| show | a long and mournful complaint
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| show | effusively or tearfully sentimental
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| quixotic | show 🗑
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| simony | show 🗑
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| show | gaudy; shameful or indecent
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| utopia | show 🗑
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| austere | show 🗑
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| show | relating to or dealing with bibliography
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| show | an officially recognized set of sacred books
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| show | pertaining to, established by or conforming to a canon or canons
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| show | a subterranean chamber or vault used burial or secret meetings
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| cryptographic | show 🗑
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| despot | show 🗑
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| encyclopedic | show 🗑
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| show | a zoologist who studies insects
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| epiglottis | show 🗑
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| icon | show 🗑
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| show | a representation or group of representatiions of a person, place, or thing as a portrait or collection of portraits
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| show | the act, practice, or art of mimicking
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| myriad | show 🗑
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| show | people or tribe with no permanent home; any wanderer, itinerant
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| orgy | show 🗑
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| parody | show 🗑
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| polyglot | show 🗑
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| show | a book, esp. a very large, heavy, or learned book
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| zephyr | show 🗑
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| amnesty | show 🗑
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| show | living in both land and water
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| anachronism | show 🗑
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| analgesic | show 🗑
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| analogy | show 🗑
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| anatomy | show 🗑
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| analytical | show 🗑
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| show | chemical substances that inhibit the growth or destroy bacteria, used chiefly in the treatment of infectious diseases
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| antipodal | show 🗑
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| show | of doubtful authorship or authenticity
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| apogee | show 🗑
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| show | to deify, glorify
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| atheist | show 🗑
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| show | undergo atrophy (a decrease of size in an organ caused by disease or disuse)
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| catalytic | show 🗑
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| dialogue | show 🗑
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| show | assisting or intended to assist the memory
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| pandemonium | show 🗑
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| show | the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, and feelings by gestures without speech
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| show | a public building containing tombs or memorials to the illustrious dead of a nation
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| anemic | show 🗑
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| antagonistic | show 🗑
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| apostolic | show 🗑
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| show | weakening, degeneration, or abnormal development of muscle
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| eccentricity | show 🗑
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| show | a letter addressed by the pope to all the bishops of the church; a letter intended for wide or general circulation
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| endemic | show 🗑
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| ephemeral | show 🗑
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| show | extremely prevalent; widespread
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| show | a concluding part added to a literary work, as a novel
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| show | of, pertaining to, or consisting of letters
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| epitaph | show 🗑
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| show | a representative or perfect example of a class or type
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| eulogy | show 🗑
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| euthanasia | show 🗑
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| evangelical | show 🗑
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| show | a going out, a departure, or emigration
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| show | marriage outside of a tribe or similar social unit
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| show | a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage with accompanying definitions
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| show | prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world
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| agnostic | show 🗑
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| anomaly | show 🗑
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| show | a word oppisite in meaning of another
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| show | prevalent or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people
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| euphoria | show 🗑
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| homonym | show 🗑
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| hyperbole | show 🗑
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| show | abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth
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| show | characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin
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| show | of, pertaining to, or affected by metabolism
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| metamorphosed | show 🗑
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| show | something used or regarded as being used to represent something else; emblem; symbol
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| show | seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
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| paraphernalia | show 🗑
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| show | the point a heavenly body or artificial satellite is nearest to earth
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| periphery | show 🗑
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| prognosticated | show 🗑
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| show | of or pertaining to syllogism (deductive reasoning)
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| show | any council
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