7565802188 | Darwinian | Of or relating to the theory of evolution. | 0 | |
7565804220 | Falstaffian | A character who is obese and jolly. | 1 | |
7565805565 | Florence Nightingale | An English reformer and modern nurse. | 2 | |
7565807405 | Gilgamesh | The king of Uruk and a well-known Mesopotamian hero. | 3 | |
7565807406 | Golden Calf | An idol made by the Israelites in the absence of Moses. | 4 | |
7565809039 | Hobbitlike | Qualities relating to a fictional race created by J. R. R. Tolkien. | 5 | |
7565809040 | Holden Caulfield | A fictional character from The Catcher in the Rye. | 6 | |
7565811208 | "It's Greek to me" | Something that is not understandable. | 7 | |
7565811209 | Judas | One of the twelve original disciples of Jesus. | 8 | |
7565812985 | Kafkaesque | Having qualities such as nightmarish or odd. | 9 | |
7565815053 | Land of Lilliput | A prose written by Johnathan Swift. | 10 | |
7565817191 | Little Black Sambo | A controversial children's book written by Helen Bannerman. | 11 | |
7565817192 | Lucifer | In the Bible, the leader of the devils. | 12 | |
7565819762 | Manna from Heaven | Food given by god to Israelites in the Exodus. | 13 | |
7565819799 | Mephistophelean | Characteristics such as evil and cunning; relating to the devil. | 14 | |
7565821351 | Muse | In Greek mythology, any one of Zeus's nine sister goddesses who knew about different arts and sciences. | 15 | |
7565822774 | Oedipus Complex | A sense of attraction towards the parent of the opposite sex. | 16 | |
7565822775 | Orewellian | Characteristics relating to the novel 1984. | 17 | |
7565824268 | Pandora's Box | In Greek mythology, an object that held the evils of the world. | 18 | |
7565825977 | Panglossian | Someone or something that is very optimistic. | 19 | |
7565825978 | Pound of Flesh | Something that a person deserves, but is unrealistic to attain. | 20 | |
7565827165 | Procrustes | In Greek mythology, a bandit from Attica that would attack others. | 21 | |
7565828005 | Prodigal Son | A character in a story used to show God's willingness to forgive. | 22 | |
7565828006 | Prufrock | A poem about a man going through a modern city by T. S. Eliot. | 23 | |
7565829449 | Puck | A mischievous character. | 24 | |
7565831114 | Pygmalion | A sculptor who falls in love with a statue he creates. | 25 | |
7565832601 | Pyrrhic Victory | An event that seems successful, but actually has a negative effect. | 26 | |
7565835445 | Scheherazade | The storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights. | 27 | |
7565836670 | Scylla and Charybdis | Mythical sea monsters in Greek mythology. | 28 | |
7565839225 | Siren's Song | An attractive appeal that is actually a downfall. | 29 | |
7565841982 | Star-Crossed Lovers | Lovers whose relationship is destined to fail. | 30 | |
7565841983 | Summa Cum Laude | Defined as of the highest honor. | 31 | |
7565843506 | Swiftian | Writing related to an Anglo-Irish satirist. | 32 | |
7565845280 | Sword of Damocles | Weapon which Dionysus used to show a servant's unstable position. | 33 | |
7565847020 | The Garden of Eden | The biblical garden of God. | 34 | |
7565847021 | Thoreauvian | A lifestyle that resembles more natural, simplistic ways. | 35 | |
7565849515 | Trojan Horse | In its original context, a hollow statue that the Greeks used as a disguise to enter Troy. | 36 | |
7565849516 | Uncle Tom | The main character from Uncle Tom's cabin; is also an old label for a slave who is very obedient. | 37 | |
7565851092 | "Water, Water Everywhere" | In its original context, a sailor cannot drink salty sea water even though there is an abundance of it around him. | 38 | |
7565852267 | "Winter of Our Discontent" | The last of John Steinbeck's novel which is about a man whose family was once wealthy but went broke. | 39 |
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