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- gadfly
- A persistent irritating critic; a nuisance.
- felitimed
- fertility drug, caused defmormities
- pathos
- A quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow.
- harried
- To disturb or distress by or as if by repeated attacks; harass. See Synonyms at harass.
- paradoxical
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A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true:
"the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking." - shadrach
- In the Bible, a young man who with Abednego and Meshach emerged unharmed from the fiery furnace of Babylon.
- Meshach
- In the Bible, a young man who with Abednego and Shadrach emerged unharmed from the fiery furnace of Babylon.
- gainsay
- To declare false; deny. See Synonyms at deny.
- abednego
- In the Bible, a young man who with Meshach and Shadrach emerged unharmed from the fiery furnace of Babylon.
- unfettered
- To set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds.
- deplore
- To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn
- prudentail
- Arising from or characterized by prudence.
- nebuchadnezzar
- king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)
- repudiate
- To reject the validity or authority of: “Chaucer... not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated itâ€
- zeitgeist
- The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation: “It's easy to see how a student... in the 1940's could imbibe such notions. The Zeitgeist encouraged Philosopher-Kingsâ€
- scintillating
- To throw off sparks; flash.
- moratorium
- An authorization to a debtor, such as a bank or nation, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
- elegy
- A poem composed in elegiac couplets.