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April 20, 2008 By Chelsie L.

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  1. Oedipus
    (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
  2. philosophy
    the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
  3. philology
    the humanistic study of language and literature
  4. asceticism
    rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
  5. psychosomatic
    used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
  6. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  7. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  8. misanthropic
    hating mankind in general
  9. megalomanic
    suffering from megalomania
  10. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  11. altimeter
    an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation
  12. credulity
    tendency to believe readily
  13. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  14. tenability
    the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
  15. abstraction
    the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
  16. outset
    the time at which something is supposed to begin
  17. onset
    the beginning or early stages
  18. nihilism
    complete denial of all established authority and institutions
  19. apercu
    a short synopsis
  20. quixotism
    quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior
  21. pity
    a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
  22. specter
    a ghostly appearing figure
  23. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
  24. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  25. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
  26. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  27. nonsensical
    having no intelligible meaning
  28. antithesis
    exact opposite
  29. ineradicable
    not able to be destroyed or rooted out
  30. syphilitic
    of or relating to or infected with syphilis
  31. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  32. Zarathustra
    Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism (circa 628-551 BC)
  33. decadence
    the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  34. polemic
    a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
  35. antinomy
    a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable
  36. microcosm
    a miniature model of something
  37. pluralistic
    of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism
  38. aesthetics
    (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)
  39. anthology
    a collection of selected literary passages
  40. posthumous
    occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
  41. opus
    a musical work that has been created
  42. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  43. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  44. apprehend
    anticipate with dread or anxiety
  45. antedate
    be earlier in time; go back further
  46. existentialism
    (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves
  47. obviate
    do away with
  48. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
  49. monodic
    having a single vocal part
  50. polemics
    the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors
  51. dithyramb
    (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
  52. sepulcher
    a chamber that is used as a grave
  53. protestation
    a strong declaration of protest
  54. Dionysus
    (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus
  55. naturalism
    an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
  56. tautological
    repetition of same sense in different words
  57. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  58. vitiated
    impaired by diminution
  59. phantasmagoria
    a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)
  60. tautology
    useless repetition