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to bend the knee; to be humbly obedient or respectful

to bend the knee; to be humbly obedient or respectful

a French experimental novelist; many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play

speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock

(adjective) smooth / (adjective) having a surface without hairs or projections

(noun) twilight; dusk

derived from goy (Hebrew for nation); used as a superlative for Jewishness?

the excrement of seabirds and bats, used as fertilizer

(verb) make more attractive, especially in a showy or gimmicky way

relating to the writing of the lives of saints; (derogatory) adulatory writing about another person

(noun) the spreading of light beyond its proper boundaries in a developed photographic image / (noun) a bright ring that sometimes surrounds a bright object on a television screen

(noun) a journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation; exodus; from the migration or journey of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622

very great, bad, or overwhelming

a person, especially a priest in ancient Greece, who interprets sacred mysteries or esoteric principles

(noun) a usually short sermon / (noun) a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme / (noun) an inspirational catchphrase or platitude. homiletic: the art of preaching or writing sermons

(noun) a usually short sermon / (noun) a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme / (noun) an inspirational catchphrase or platitude. homiletic: the art of preaching or writing sermons

a French novelist and playwright; La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus

(adj) of, relating to, or characteristic of fire

an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation

referring to the verb "indite", which means to compose or write, or to treat in a literary composition

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

(noun) the act of entering; entrance / (noun) the power or liberty of entrance or access

(noun) the act of entering; entrance / (noun) the power or liberty of entrance or access

grossly unfair and morally wrong

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