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ordained |
v. make someone a priest or miniter, order or decree |
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patrimony |
n. estate that is inherited fromparents, characterists that are inherited |
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baleful |
adj. full of menacing or malign influences, wretched, miserable |
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buffets |
n. large sidebars with dreawers and cupboard |
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relent |
to soften in feeling, temper or determination, forgiving, compassionate |
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renown |
n. the condition of being known or talked about, widespread and high repute |
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retainers |
n. frame or groove that restrains or guides |
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din |
n. a noisy clamor, a loud, confused noise. V. to sound or utter with or persistent repetition |
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engendering |
v. to bring into existence |
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divining |
adj. pertaining to a god, or heavenly thing. V to discover or declare prophesy |
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sage |
n. a profoundly wise person. |
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lament |
v. to feel or express regret for. N. an expression of greif or sorrow |
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cunning |
n. skilled employed in a shrewd or sly manner |
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shroud |
n. a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial, v. to wrap or cloth for burial |
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foreboding |
n. a prediction a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune |
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malice |
n. desire to inflict injury harm or sufferin on another |
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insolent |
adj. boldy rude or disrespectful, n. an - person |
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precedence |
n. the right to precede in order of rank or iportance |
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hekatomb |
to give sacrifice |
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stratagem |
n. a plan, scheme or trick for surprising or decieving an enemy |
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pacify |
v. to bring or restore toa state of peace or tranquility, quite, calm, to appease |
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rite |
n. a formal or ceremonial acto r procedure prescribed or customay in religious user |
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mulled |
v. to heat and spice |
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illustrious |
adj. highly distinguished, renowned, famous, glorius, luminous or brightqlithe |
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lithe |
adj. bending readiy, plient, supple, flexible |
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desolation |
n. an act of or instance or fuining, ruin, barrenness, sorrow, grief, a desolate place |
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revel |
v. to take great pleasure or delight, to make merry. N. boisterous merrymaking or festivity |
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surfeit |
n. excess, an ecessive amount. V. to bring to a state of excess |
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dissemble |
v. to give a false or misleading appearance, ignore, to put on the appearance of |
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clamor |
n. a loud and confused noise, protest or demand. V. to make a large protest or demand |
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eureka |
int. i have found it |
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Trojan horse |
n. a person or thing attended to destroy from within |
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amazon |
n. a tall, powerful, aggressive women |
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Spartan |
adj. sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere |
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bacchanalia |
n. a riotous, boisterous festivity, a revel |
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iridescent |
adj. displaying a play of lustrou colors like those of the rainbow |
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labyrinthine |
adj. complicated, toruous |
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martial |
adj. inclined or disposed to war, warlike, of or sutable for, or associated with war of the armed forces |
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mentor |
n. a wise and trusted counselor or teacher, an influential senior sponsor or supporter, v. to act as a mentor |
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psyche |
n. the human soul, spirt, or mind |
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harp on |
v. to dwell on persistently or tediously in speaking or writing |
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tantalize |
v. to torment withm or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach, tease by arousing ecpectatios that are repeatedly disappointed |
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narcissist |
n. someone in love with him or herself |
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achilles heel |
n. a seemingly small but actually crucial weakness |
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Herculean |
adj. very hard to perform |
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mercurial |
adj. changeable, volatile |
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titanic |
adj. of enormous size, strenth, power |
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aphrodisiac |
n. something that heightens desire |
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odyssey |
n. an ectended adventurous voyage or trip |
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a siren |
n. a seductively beautiful or charming woman, esp. one who beguiles men |
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the midas touch |
n. the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an exctemely profitable one |
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to muse |
v. to thiink or mediate in silence on some subject |
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an adonis |
n. a very handsome young man |
