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  1. witch-hunt
    searching out and harassing dissenters
  2. Waterloo
    a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
  3. fifth column
    a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst
  4. Byzantine
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
  5. fourth estate
    the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers
  6. yellow journalism
    sensationalist reporting or headlines
  7. Machiavellian
    of or relating to amoral or conniving political principles
  8. fabian
    using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition
  9. Pericles
    Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)
  10. terpsichore
    taking a series of rhythmical steps in time to music
  11. terpsichorean
    of or relating to dancing
  12. Hydra
    monster with nine heads
  13. protean
    taking on different forms
  14. elysian
    relating to the abode of the blessed after death
  15. chimerical
    like a grotesque product of the imagination
  16. olympian
    majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters
  17. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  18. Dionysian
    of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus
  19. labyrinthine
    resembling a maze in form or complexity
  20. Homeric
    relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him
  21. albatross
    a large web-footed bird noted for powerful gliding flight
  22. lilliputian
    very small
  23. Cheshire cat
    a fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face
Created on Tue Sep 30 13:23:01 EDT 2008

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