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  • 71Humility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Humility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 humility humility humbleness Sgm: N 1 meekness meekness lowness Sgm: N 1 lowliness lowliness lowlihood Sgm: N 1 abasement abasement self abasement …

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  • 72Alexander the Great — 356 323 B.C., king of Macedonia 336 323: conqueror of Greek city states and of the Persian empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India. * * * or Alexander III born 356 BC, Pella, Macedonia died June 13, 323 BC, Babylon King of Macedonia (336–323)… …

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  • 73put down — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, abase, abasement, abash, account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, affront, annihilate, ante, ante up, apply to, ascribe to, aspersion, asphyxiate, assign to, atrocity, attach to, attribute to …

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  • 74penitence — penitence, repentance, contrition, attrition, compunction, remorse denote sorrow or regret for sin or wrongdoing. Penitence implies little more than such sorrow or regret {the outward signs of penitence} {all calls to penitence fall on deaf ears …

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  • 75Reckoning of Hell — In the cosmology of the Dungeons Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the Reckoning of Hell (often referred to as the Reckoning) was a civil war that shaped the political landscape of the Nine Hells into its current form. The Reckoning received its… …

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  • 76mortify — mortifiedly, adv. mortifier, n. mortifyingly, adv. /mawr teuh fuy /, v., mortified, mortifying. v.t. 1. to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one s pride or self respect. 2. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic… …

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  • 77degrade — [dē grād′, digrād′] vt. degraded, degrading [ME degraden < OFr degrader < LL degradare, to reduce in rank < L de , down + gradus: see DE & GRADE] 1. to lower in rank or status, as in punishing; demote 2. to lower or corrupt in quality,… …

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  • 78digit — n *number, numeral, figure, integer dignify, ennoble, honor, glorify mean to invest a person or thing with something that elevates or uplifts his or its character or raises him or it in human estimation. Dignify distinctively implies the addition …

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  • 79humble — hum•ble [[t]ˈhʌm bəl, ˈʌm [/t]] adj. bler, blest, 1) not proud or arrogant; modest 2) low in importance, status, or condition: a humble home[/ex] 3) courteously respectful: in my humble opinion[/ex] 4) insignificant; inferior; submissive: to feel …

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  • 80humble — [hum′bəl] adj. humbler, humblest [ME < OFr < L humilis, low, small, slight, akin to humus, soil, earth: see HUMUS2] 1. having or showing a consciousness of one s defects or shortcomings; not proud; not self assertive; modest 2. low in… …

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