chasm, deference, pedantic

Hannah P. (United States of America)
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  1. chasm
    a deep opening in the earth's surface
  2. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  3. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  4. disconsolate
    sad beyond comforting; incapable of being soothed
  5. emblematic
    serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
  6. entrench
    fix firmly or securely
  7. totemic
    relating to totemism
  8. figurehead
    a leader in name only, without real power or authority
  9. arbitrator
    someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
  10. cosmogony
    the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
  11. pantheon
    a temple to all the gods of antiquity
  12. pantheon
    a temple to all the gods of antiquity
  13. Thoth
    Egyptian Moon deity with the head of an ibis
  14. Hermes
    messenger and herald of the gods
  15. psychopomp
    a conductor of souls to the afterworld
  16. Etruscan
    a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria
Created on Sat Jun 13 18:34:05 EDT 2009

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