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Anima
Animus |
"Wind", "Air"
"Mind", "Soul" |
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Animus
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1. A powerful feeling of hostility or antagoism; hatred
2. An animating spirit |
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Equanimity
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Composure and calm in stressful conditions; equilibrium
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Pusillanimous
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Cowardly; fearful
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Aether
Aither |
"Upper Air", "Clear Sky"
"Air" |
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Ether
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1. The regions of space beyond the earth's atmoshere;the heaves
2. A highly flammable liquid anesthetic |
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Ethereal
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1. Spiritlike in lighness and delicacy
2. Heavenly; celestial |
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Phainein
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"To Show", "To Appear"
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Diaphanous
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Allowing light to show through; tranlucent; delicate
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Epiphany
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1. A revelatory manifestation of a divine being
2. A revelation; a flash of understanding of the true nature of something 3. A christian festival, January 6, celebrating the visit of the Wise Men to the Christ Child |
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Phantasm
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A phantom; an apparition; something unreal, as in a dream or a vision
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Sycophant
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A flatterer seeking favors or gain; a servile self-seeker
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Phantasmagoria
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A changing scene made up of many elements.
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Theophany
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A manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
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Spiritus
Spiro, Spirare, Spiravi, Spiratum |
"breath"
"to blow gently" |
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Aspiration
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1. Strong desire for achievement; ambition toward a long-range goal
2. Expulsion of breath in speaking |
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Dispirited
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Dejected; disouraged; gloomy
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Transpire
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1.To occur; happen; take place.
2.To emit waste products ex. trees emit water |
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Inspirit
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To instill courage into someone
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Hyperbole
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An exaggeration; a figure expressing excess
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Hyperborean
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1. Far north; Arctic
2. Very cold; frigid |
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Hyperthermia
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Unusually high body temperature.
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Ventus
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"Wind"
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Hyperventilation
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The condition of taking abnormally fast, deep breaths
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Vent
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1. An outlet; an opening for a passage of liquids, fumes, or sometimes air
2. To utter; to express, especially in relieving strong feelings |
