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weighty; heavy
ponderous
yawn; open
gaping
wandering rascal; scoundral
rogue
amazing; enormous
prodigious
to summon or rouse to action
muster
to be full; overcrowded
teeming
strong wind
gale
cunning, trickery, craftiness
guile
impressive
formidable
haughty
disdainful
excessive pride
hubris
longing for home; desire to return
nostalgic
aristrocrat who embodies Nation's values
epic hero
desires
temptation
original pattern
archetype
nickname or repeated phrase
epithet
story perhaps based on facts from long ago
legend
long narrative poem
epic
of great size, strength or power
titanic
pertaining to drama or acting
thespian
pertaining to dance
terpsichorean
tease
tantalize
infernal; dark; gloomy
stygian
very loud
stentorian
wise lawgiver
solon
dangerous, attractive woman (from the Odyssey)
siren
heavy; dull; gloomy; morose
saturnine
ruinous; gained at too great a cost
pyrrhic
shape-shifter; variable
protean
cruel or inflexible in enforcing conformity
procrustean
having great influence because of one's wealth
plutocratic
unreasoning, sudden fright
panic
safeguard or protection
palladium
song or hymn of praise
paean
long travels
odyssey
due punishment for evil deeds; from goddess of vengeance
nemesis
obedient and unquestioning follower
myrmidon
quick; vivacious
mercurial
wise and trusted advisor
mentor
pertaining to war
martial
luxurious; sumptuous
lucullan
sluggish or dull
lethargic
using words sparingly; concise
laconic
full of confusing pathways
labyrinthine
jolly or merry
jovial
having colors like the rainbow
iridescent
very difficult
herculean
bully; brave Trojan hero
hector
delightful or heavenly
elysian
cruel or harsh; from Draco who ruled harshly
draconian
fantastical or unreal
chimerical
jovial or wild with drunkenness; from Bacchus: god of wine
bacchanalian
resembling dawn; from aurora: goddess of dawn
auroral
book of maps; from Atlas who held up the world
atlas
shield or protection
aegis
pleasing to the taste; ambrosia: nectar of the gods
ambrosial
tall, strong and masculine woman
amazon
very handsome, young man
adonis
decorate
adorn
flexible
pliant
gave generously
lavished
glared
glowered
festivity
revelry
unfriendly
aloof
shaking
tremulous
enthusiasm
ardor
bitter hatred
rancor
hardship
adversity
enemy
adversary
compensation
restitution
treating strangers well
hospitality
forteller of the future
prophet
moral instruction
edify
revealed
apocalypse
truth sayer
soothsayer
creature with traits of male and female
hermaphrodite
drug of passion
aphrodisiac
sealed from time
hermetic
plant that leans towards the sun
heliotrope
to live forever
immortality
the masses
multitude
noisy; confusion
tumult
throat
gullet
any large or violent whirlpool
maelstrom
mountain; high point of land projecting over water
promontory
very hateful; loathsome
abominably
to crowd; crowded; placed close together
serried
humble request; prayer
supplication
dry
parched
sorrowful; unhappy
disconsolate
foolish or overly fond
doting
a portent or prediction
foreboding
to mislead by tricking
beguiling
scorn; disgrace
disdain
honest admission/declaration
avowal
spring of water pushed up
geyser
decaying carcass
carrion
abundant; many
profusion
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