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pejorative
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adj. tending to lessen the reputation of a person
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Evangilist
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n. any of the four Gospel writers
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odeum
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n. in ancient Rome and Greece, a roofed building for musical performances
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autoecious
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adj. passing the entire life cycle on one host as many parasites do
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zoophyte
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n. any animal as a coral or sponge, having somewhat the appearance or charachter of a plant
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otiose
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adj. useless
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detoxify
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v. to remove a poison or poisonous effect from
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paleontologist
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n. a person who studes fossils
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relapse
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v. to slip or fall back into a former condition
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futon
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n. a thin matress like a quilt, placed as on the floor or a platform frame, for use as a bed
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mechanical
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n. workers
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withal
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adv. nevertheless
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images
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n. statues
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was wont to
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v. used to
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Colossus
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n. a gigantic bronze statue whose legs, according to legend spanned the harbor at Rhodes
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soothsayer
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n. a person who tells the future
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expounded
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v. to explain in detail
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constue
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v. to fully explain
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ruddy
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adj. having a red color
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humor
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n. a mood
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palm
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n. a trophy for victory
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phantasma
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n. a nightmare
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prodigies
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n. omens
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praetor
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n. a judge
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vouchsafe
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v. to grant or give
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corinthian
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adj. in the style af the art of corinth
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Ionic
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adj. a style of building where there are egg shaped curves on top of the capital of a collum
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capital
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n. the top part of a collum
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aqueduct
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n. a bridge like structure for bringing water from a distant source
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doric
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adj. a style of building with a plain capital on collums
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republican
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adj. having the nature of a state or nation in which the supreme power rests in all the citizens entitled to vote
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parody
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n. a humorous imitation
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patrician
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n. a member of any of the Roman citizen family
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ideology
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n. a strickly held belief by followers of a certain group
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virtue
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adj. manliness and valor
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plot
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n. the action of the story
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charachter
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n. people or animals who are the focus of a story
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irony
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literary term always implies some kind of contrast to what is expected
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symbol
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n. an object, action, person, place, or some other detail in a story that stands for something else
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Atmosphere
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n. the general mood of a story
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setting
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n. the place and time of a story
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coursing
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n. the action of a person that does an outward movement
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acclivity
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n. an upward slope
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embrasure
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n. an opening for a door or window
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amateur
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adj. unperfessional
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boisterous
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adj. noisy and disorganized
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perfunctory
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adj. done merely as a duty
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counterpane
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n. a patchwork quilt or bedspread
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rigmarole
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n. nonsence talk
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