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a deceiver; cheat; fraud. |
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| mystery: something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; tales end with a question mark |
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| Formulaic story in which every incident that came before is repeated as each new incident is added. |
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| of or relating to the philosophical study of causation |
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| the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers, resist doing something |
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a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration. |
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any of various gourds, especially the bottle gourd |
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1. a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought; adage; saw.
2. a wise saying or precept; a didactic sentence.
3. a person or thing that is commonly regarded as an embodiment or representation of some quality; byword. |
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| use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran" |
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| long narrative work relating to the deeds of a larger-than-life hero |
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| the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words |
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philosophy interactionism Compare occasionalism the dualistic doctrine that mental and physical processes are regularly correlated but are not causally connected, so that, for example, pain always accompanies, but is not caused by, a pin-prick |
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acting one upon or with the other. |
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| All knowing, Infinitely wise |
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| obliterate: remove completely from recognition or memory |
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the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work |
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a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. |
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something that a person cannot conquer, achieve
2. an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. |
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| Muslim name for the one and only God |
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to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately |
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strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable |
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to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat |
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tearing down completely |
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a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc |
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tropical tree whose leaves are used as a cooking herb |
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| King Maghan's griot, who repeated the hunter's prophecy at the infant Sundiata's ceremonial naming. |
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| "the wild yam of the rocks" |
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| When the vines of these grow in boulder-strewn areas, their underground tubes anchor them among the rocks and make them very difficult to uproot |
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objects believed to have magical powers |
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| using the present tense while writing |
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epics that are passed down by moth rather than being written down. |
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