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| nature, the flow of things, the rhythm of being |
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| law, custom, convention; the custom of the community; man-made ordinances but based on divine order |
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| the order of the universe |
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| just indignation; retribution; a supernatural force that tracks down those who have committed an offense |
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| ruin, blind folly; infatuation; a curse passed down the family line |
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| the motivating desire that flows through all things, binding them together; in humans it can be a source of madness |
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| the ancient right order of things, justice as tradition; the earth, the "mothers" |
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| justice that is arrived at by thought and reflection; the right order of Zeus; and incarnation of justice |
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| the ideal of the classical Greeks; balance, harmony, beauty wholeness, purity |
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| the great-souled man of whom Aristotle writes; the ideal tragic hero |
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| the right time for action; critical moment; due season; the moment of divine inspiration |
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| time as the unfolding of all things; the successive movement of events; the beholder, conserver, and revealer of human actions |
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| reversal of the situation; peripety; a turnabout |
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| display of superior prowess and skill |
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| persuasion; charming speech |
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| a group of four dramas, three tragedies and one satyr play |
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| a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere |
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| of or pertaining to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth |
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| a scene presented on stage by costumed actors who remain silent and motionless as if in a picture |
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| arrangement resembling a net or network |
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| an elementary book containing a summary of the principles of religion |
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| a vindication of the divine attributes, particularly holiness/justice |
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| an intoxicating beverage when drunk in ceremonial or celebrative situations |
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| small, spiny tree used for incense, perfume, etc. |
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| centermost and holiest object at oracle centers bordering Mediterranean |
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| a raised area holding a building or cluster of buildings |
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| staff officer who assists the commanding officer |
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| a plant having spiny or toothed leaves and showy, white, purplish flowers |
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| in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft |
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| an omen, token, indication |
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| rounded area that forms the transition between the bottom and the side on the exterior of a hull |
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| to force one's way by a fight, stuggle |
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| defensive armor for torso; a breastplate and backplate |
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| a heavy rope for mooring or towing |
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| tending to arouse strife, sedition; inflammatory |
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| any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Origanum, of the mint family |
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| to disable someone in such a manner; shackle |
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| extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force |
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| anything wound in or resembling a coil |
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| punished by an arbitrary penalty |
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| an obsolete form of admiral |
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| one who forsakes his principles or beliefs |
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| to take or claim without right |
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| to charge falsely or with malicious intent |
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| painful infection of the skin |
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| ardent; usually sensuous; longing |
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| utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent |
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| to explain away; extenuate; gloss over |
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| thin cloth used to cover wounds |
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| notwithstanding; in spite of |
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| hardened against good morals |
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| outrageously disgraceful or shameful |
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| deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful |
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| insidiously harmful or ruinous |
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| a short introduction; preface |
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| flowing smoothly or abundantly forth |
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| bitter; rankling resentment or ill will |
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| forcible seizure of another's property |
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| a cross as used in crucifixion |
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| marked by care and persistent effort |
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| given to excessive drinking |
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| one under the control of another person |
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| offense; annoyance; displeasure |
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| excessively smooth; suave; oily |
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| excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife |
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| metrically traditional, but without rhyme |
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| a school of poetry where the poet may expose personal, taboo, or difficult things about himself |
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| the line ends with a period or the feeling of a period |
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| without rhyme or structured metrical pattern |
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| scanning the rhythm of a line by locating patters of feet with stressed syllables and unstressed syllables |
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| substitution of assonance or consonance for true rhyme |
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| the way white space in front of, in the middle of, or after lines creates rhythmic pauses and variations in meaning and emphasis |
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| a 19-line form using only two rhymes and repeating two of the lines according to a set pattern |
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| instructing and improving spiritually or morally |
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| ambiguous, usually intended to deceive |
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| an insistent and pressing demand |
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| causing ill will; offense |
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| weary from overuse; surfeited |
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| sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality |
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| to talk idly and foolishly at a great legnth |
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| land or rock projecting into a body of water |
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| a coal mine together with its physical plant and outbuildings |
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| of or relating to marriage or the relationship of spouses |
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| a widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband |
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| the art of public speaking in which gesture, vocal production, and delivery are emphasized |
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| to inspire with love; captivate |
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| a colonnade or covered ambulatory especially in classical architecture and often the entrance of a building |
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| the act or practice of cutting into or otherwise injuring living animals, especially for the purpose of scientific research |
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| beginning to exist or appear |
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| quality of having a temper or lacking mildness |
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| occurring in great variety |
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| a speech or essay about a dead person |
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| a fit, attack, or sudden increase of symptoms |
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| act of paying too much attention to book learning |
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| outward appearance or the inner character shown by it |
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| a southern African tree having wood used for making spears or lances |
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| to thrust oneself into the affairs of others |
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| prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternative responses by the congregation |
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| being in the state of dying; approaching death |
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| liar; one who deviates from the truth |
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| intended to reconcile or appease |
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| giving to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed |
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| new outbreak after a period of inactivity |
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| commanding respect because of great age or noble character |
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| done maliciously or unjustifiably |
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