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41 Cards in this Set
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Tautology |
The saying of the same thing twice in different words. Example: “they arrived one after the other in succession”
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Manes
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The deified souls of dead ancestors in Roman mythology
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Vassal
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A person or country in a subordinate position to another
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Athwart
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In opposition to. From side to side of
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Pestilence
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A fatal epidemic disease. Especially bubonic plague
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Panoply
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A complete or impressive collection of things. A splendid display
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Gird
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With a belt or band. A young man was to be girded with the belt of knighthood
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Unbridled
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Uncontrolled or unconstrained
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Obelisk
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a stone pillar having a square cross section and a pyramidal top set up as a monument or landmark
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Arcana
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Secrets or mysteries
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Controvert
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Deny the truth of. To argue about
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Paladin
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Someone known for heroism or chivalry. Derived from a knight
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Ganymede
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A Trojan youth who was so beautiful that he was carried off by Zeus to be the cupbearer for the Olympic gods. Ganymede was used a model for the practice of pederasty in ancient Greece
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Pederasty
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The socially acknowledged relationship between an older male and a young male (teens or younger). Basically the Greeks were cool with pedophilia
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Catamite
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A boy kept for homosexual and pederastic purposes
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Ruck
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A fight or brawl. Usually between several people
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Usury
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Illegal act of lending money at unreasonably high interest rates
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Phalanx
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a group of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation
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Numen
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The spirit or divine power presiding over a thing or place
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Nymph
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A beautiful young woman. Derived from mythology
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Welter
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Verb move in a turbulent fashion. Noun A large number of things in no order
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Portico
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A structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals. Usually as a porch attached to a house
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Dowdy
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Unfashionable and without style in appearance
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Manichean
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The idea that there are two equal and opposite good and evil forces
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Anathemas
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Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
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Dike
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Long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea
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Epicure
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A person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink
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Hashish
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Extract of the cannabis plant
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Archipelago
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A group of islands
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Moloch
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A god to whom children are sacrificed
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Epigram
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A clever saying or remark or idea
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Monism
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Idea that only one supreme being exists
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Plumage
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A bird’s feathers collectively
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Nominalism
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There are at least two main versions of nominalism. One version denies the existence of universals – things that can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things (e.g. strength or humanity). The other version specifically denies the existence of abstract objects – objects that do not exist in space and time
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Saracen
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Arab or Muslim at the time of the Crusades
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Attenuate
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Reduce the force/effect/value of
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Asunder
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Apart or divided
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Disinter
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Dig up or discover
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Disquisition
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a long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject
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A priori
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A sort of reasoning or knowledge that comes from theoretical deduction rather than from observation or experience
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Glazier
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Professional who fits glass into windows or doors |
