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10500774699HeathenNoun -A person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially one who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim) as regarded by those who do. Synonyms: Infidel, atheist, heretic.0
10500776124ElegiacAdjective -Relating to or characteristic of an elegy. Synonyms: Mournful, melancholy, sorrowful.1
10500776125MeadNoun -An alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water, malt, or yeast. Synonyms: Gimlet, mull, sake.2
10500777069EquivocationNoun -The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication. Synonyms: Prevarication, deceit, distortion.3
10500777070HoaryAdjective -Ancient Synonyms: Age-old, antiquated, timeworn.4
10500781117CourtiersNoun A person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen. Synonyms: Attendant, lord, lady.5
10500781118PaganNoun -A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions. Synonyms: Heathen, infidel, atheistic.6
10500781119EulogyNoun -A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died. Synonyms: Accolade, panegyric, tribute.7
10500782035Bravadonoun -A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate. Synonyms: Boldness, bluster, boastful.8
10500782036PlaintiveAdjective -Sounding sad and mournful. Synonyms: Mournful, sad, sorrowful.9
10500782945PedanticAdjective -of or like a pedant, a person who is excessively concerned with formalism, accuracy, and precision, or one who makes an ostentatious and arrogant show of learning. Synonyms: Abstruse, pompous, stilted.10
10500803310MaudlinAdjective -Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness. Synonyms: Mushy, sentimental, emotional.11
10500803311MelodramaticAdjective -Relating to melodrama, or being exaggerated, sensationalized, or overemotional. Synonyms: Sentimental, exaggerated, sensationalized.12
10500804039DidacticAdjective -Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. Synonyms: Instructive, educative, informative.13
10500804040WergildNoun -Price of a life Synonyms: Retribution, sacrificial, exchange.14
10500804702ComitatusNoun -Loyalty codes Synonyms: Rules, codes of honor, moral codes.15
10500804703WyrdNoun -Fate is unkind Synonyms: Fate, karma, unlucky.16
10500804704ScopNoun -Storyteller or poet as represented in Old English poetry. Synonyms: Reciter, storyteller, poet.17
10500805561FeudalismNoun -The dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection. -Synonyms: Serfdom, servitude, captivity.18

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