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| 132585779 | "Through a glass darkly" | to have an obscure or imperfect vision of reality. Comes from the writings of Apostle Paul: he explains that we do not see clearly, but at the end of time we will do so. | 0 | |
| 132585780 | Dramatis personae | cast of characters |  | 1 |
| 132585781 | Penelope | The wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity | 2 | |
| 132585782 | Genesis | the first book of the Old Testament: tells of creation covers the time from the beginning of the world through the days of Patriarchs. | 3 | |
| 132585783 | Battle of Hastings | the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest. | 4 | |
| 132585784 | Philosophy | study that attempts to discover the fundamental principles of the sciences,arts, and the world that they deal with. Greek for love of Wisdom. Branches r knowledge(Epistemology), reasoning(Logic),being in general(Metaphysics), beauty(Aesthetics), and human conduct( ethics). | 5 | |
| 132585785 | Carpe Diem | "Seize the day"; a Latin phrase implying that one must live for the present moment, for tomorrow may be too late. Ex. "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may" | 6 | |
| 132585786 | Existentialism | The idea that human beings simply exist, have no higher purpose, and must exist and choose their actions for themselves. Mainly influenced by Nietzsche. Sustain popularity in Germany with Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers who appealed to university students. | 7 | |
| 132585787 | Argus | the hundred-eyed monster killed by Hermes that Hera used to guard Io. Hera used his eyes to decorate the feathers of the peacock. |  | 8 |
| 132585788 | Gulag | In the Soviet Union, forced labor camps where criminals and political prisoners were held under Stalin | 9 | |
| 132585789 | Henry the VIII | Broke away from the Catholic Church and the Pope to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon. Became the head of the Church of England. |  | 10 |
| 132585790 | Tantalus | He killed his son, committed crimes, even though the gods bestowed gifts on him. Condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it | 11 | |
| 132585791 | Epigram | a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation. Mark Twain and Oscar noted for them.Ex. "No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend." | 12 | |
| 132585792 | aesthetics | (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) | 13 | |
| 132585793 | Labyrinth | an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. inventor Daedalus |  | 14 |
| 132585794 | Rene Descartes | 17th century French philosopher; wrote Discourse on Method; 1st principle "i think therefore i am"; believed mind and matter were completely seperate; known as father of modern rationalism. Ideas often called Cartesianism. |  | 15 |
| 132585795 | Archimedes | Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics , geometry, and buoyancy. (287-212 BC) |  | 16 |
| 132585796 | Impressionism | A style of painting associated mainly with French artists of the late nineteenth century, such as Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Impressionist painting seeks to re-create the artist's or viewer's general impression of a scene. It is characterized by indistinct outlines and by small brushstrokes of different colors, which the eye blends at a distance. Soft, pastel colors appear frequently in impressionist paintings. |  | 17 |
| 132585797 | Holy Grail | brought to Europe by Joeseph of Arimathea, won by Sir Galahad, heals the maimed king, very important to the knights. |  | 18 |
| 132585798 | Inquisition | A court established by the Roman Catholic Church in the thirteenth century to try to cases of heresy. Most active in Spain under Tomas de Torquemada; its officials sometimes gained confessions through torture. |  | 19 |
| 132585799 | Old English | the Anglo-Saxon language spoken from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D. in what is now Great Britain. established this language on Angie-land or England. Beowulf is written in this. | 20 | |
| 132585800 | Blarney | A stone in the wall of Blarney castle in Ireland. According to legend, those who kiss this stone receive a gift of eloquence that enables them to obtain, through persuasion, anything they want. people who talk this way say things they don't mean. the expression is applied to flattery designed to gain favor. |  | 21 |
| 132585801 | Fine Arts | Art that is produced more for beauty or spiritual significance than for physical utility. Painting, sculpture, and music are examples. | 22 | |
| 132585802 | Apocalypse | the last book of the New Testament, a prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world. | 23 | |
| 132585803 | Jean Jaques Rousseau | Eighteenth century French philosopher; one of the leading figures of the Enlightenment believed that in the state of nature people are good, but that they are corrupted by social institutions. Notion became central idea of romanticism. Writing are The Social contact, Emile, The Confessions. |  | 24 |
| 132585804 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject, idea, color, or shapes. Edgar Allen Poe's " the Raven uses the word nevermore as this. | 25 | |
| 132585805 | Syntax | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences. subject, verb, and object sequence is an example of this. | 26 | |
| 132585806 | The Huns | warrior nomads who built their own imperial confederacy in central europe and invaded europe in 270 CE from Europe/ Russia to Manchuria | 27 | |
| 132585807 | Laocoon | (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse |  | 28 |
| 132585808 | IRA | a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland | 29 | |
| 132585809 | Euclid | Greek Mathematician (Father of Geometry) who taught in Alexandria | 30 | |
| 132585810 | Bowdlerizing | amending a book by removing passages and words deemed obscene or objectionable. | 31 | |
| 132585811 | Simile | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') | 32 | |
| 132585812 | Metaphor | a figure of speech comparing to unlike things without using like or as | 33 | |
| 132585813 | vestal virgins | group of 30 selected women who guarded flame to "keep rome alive" broke vow buried alive. |  | 34 |
| 132585814 | Common Market | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members | 35 | |
| 132585815 | Tudors | dynasty founded by Henry VII; includes some of England's most influential monarchs. | 36 | |
| 132585816 | Stuarts | the family that ruled England after Queen Elizabeth 1 (Tudor) died with no heir, started with James I of Scotland (always feuded with Parliament over debts and money) | 37 | |
| 132585817 | Avatar | In Hinduism, a god made visibly present, especially in human form. Ex. The buddha is considered this . |  | 38 |
| 132585818 | Romanesque | Style of church architecture using round arches, domes, thick walls, and small windows. |  | 39 |
| 134559586 | Gothic architecture | was the main style of European architecture during the twelfth through fifteenth centuries. It used narrowed towers, pointed arches, soaring ceilings and flying buttresses. Many great churches were build in this style. |  | 40 |
| 134559587 | Harpies | Vicious winged beings in classical mythology,often depicted as birds with women's faces. in the story of Jason, they steal of spoil an old blind man's food, leaving a terrible odor behind them. |  | 41 |
| 134559588 | Gargoyles | A sculpture depicting grotesque human shapes or evil spirits used in many buildings of the Middle Ages, most notably on Gothic cathedrals. some drained rainwater, sending it clear of the walls of the building. |  | 42 |
| 134559589 | Friedrich Nietzsche | A nineteenth-century German thinker. Asserted that "God is dead," was passionately opposed to Christianity. he developed the concept of the superman, or "Overman"(Ubermensch), a superior human being, not bound by conventional notion of right and wrong. | 43 | |
| 134983239 | Indulgence | In the Roman Catholic Church a declaration by church authorities that those who say certain prayers of do good deeds will have some or all of their punishment in purgatory remitted. In the Middle ages, these were frequently sold, and the teaching on indulgences was often distorted. The attack by Martin Luther on the sale of indulgences began the Reformation. | 44 | |
| 136953311 | Joshua | In the Old testament, the leader who brought the Israelites into the promised land after the death of moses. Best known for his destruction of the city of Jericho. Was besieging the city, god instructed him to have have his priests blow their trumpets and all his troops give a great shout. At the sound of the shout , the walls of the city collapsed, and his troops rushed in. | 45 | |
| 136953312 | E=mc | An equation derived by the 20th century Physicist Albert Einstein, in which m represented units of mass and c² is the speed of light squared, or multiplied by itself. because the speed of light is a very large number and is multiplied by itself, this equation points out how a small amount o f energy, as in a nuclear reaction. | 46 | |
| 136953313 | sunspots | dark spot on the Sun's surface, varying in size and regularity, caused by disturbances in the Sun's magnetic field.Cycles alternates every 11 years. |  | 47 |
| 136953314 | Queen Victoria | reign from 1837-1901 was the longest in English history. Her sense of duty and moral respectability reflected the attitudes of her age, British feeling of national pride. |  | 48 |
| 134983240 | Plagues of Egypt | the traditional name for the set of ten disasters that God inflicted on Egypt before the pharaoh let Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt to the Promised Land.The plagues, as recored in the Book of exodus, included swarms of locusts, hordes of frogs, and a scourge of boils. After the tenth and most horrible one, in which the angel of death killed every Egyptian firstborn male child, including the pharaoh's son, the pharaoh finally freed the Israelites. |  | 49 |
