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cyclopean
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vast, massive, rough; suggest of the cyclops, the race of one-eyed giants, descended from the Titans
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thespian
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dramatic; actor or actress
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terpsichorean
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pertaining to dance
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stygian
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dark and gloomy; hellish; infernal; inviolabe (same from profanation)
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paen
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any song of praise, joy, or triumph
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Promethean
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creative and boldy original
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plutonian
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pertaining to the planet Pluto or the underworld; grim and gloomy; harsh and unpleasing
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myrmidon
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a faithful follower who carries out orders without question
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oracular
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uttered or delivered as if divinely inspired or infallible; ambiguous or obsucre; portentous; ominous
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Homeric
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suggestive of Homer or his poetry; of heroic dimensions; grand; imposing
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harpy
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a shrewish woman; a predatory person
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gorgon
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a repulsively ugly or terrifying woman
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calliope
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a musical instrument fitted with steam whistles, played from a keyboard, and usually heard at ciruses and carnivals
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argonaut
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traveler; one who sailed with Jason on the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece
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antean
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possessed of superhuman strength with suggestions of earthiness
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cartography
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art or business of drawing or making charts or maps
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wayfarer
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a person who travels, especially from place to place on foot
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landmark
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any fixed object used to mark the boundary of a piece of land; any prominent feature of the landscape, serving to identify a particular locality; turning point in history
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concierge
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doorkeeper; caretaker; custodian; janitor
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hustings
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the route follwed by a campaigner for political office; an election platform; the proceedinngs at an election
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portmanteau
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a case or bag to carry clothing while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves
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peripatetic
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moving from palce to place; itinerant; one of the followers of Aristotle, whowalked about the lyceum while he was teaching
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safari
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a journey or hunting expedition, especially in East Africa; the caravan of such an expedidtion; a long, carefully planned trip, usually with a large entourage
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tandem
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a two-wheeled carriage drawn by horses harnessed one behind the other; a bicycle with 2 seats and sets of pedals placed one behind the other; a relationship b/t two persons or things involving cooperative action
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trek
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to travel by ox wagon; to travel slowly or laboriously
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wanderlust
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an impulse, longing, or urge to wander
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antipodal
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on the opposite side of the globe; diametrically opposite
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traverse
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to pass, move, or exten over or across; oppose; to survey or inspect carefully; to swivel or pivot; to move across a mountain slope in an oblique directiong; zig-zagging
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hegira
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any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place than where one is
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transmigrate
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to move from one habitation or country to another; in religion, to pass into some other body at death (of the soul)
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