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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Achilles heel

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A single valuable spot

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Adonis

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An extremely handsome young man

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Aegis

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Sponsorship

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Amazon

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A powerful masculine woman

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Atlas

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A collection of maps

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Cassandra

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A person who warns of coming evil but whose prophecies are disregarded

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Chimera

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A foolish or idle fancy

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Elysium

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Place or state of blissful happiness

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Gorgon

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A snaky haired creature so ugly to petrify an on looker

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Halcyon

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Calm, peaceful

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Herculean

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Very powerful

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Hydra

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A persistent evil, one difficult to eradicate

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Labyrinth

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A complicated arrangement of passageways or roads; a maze

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Mentor

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A wise counselor

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Midas

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A very rich man

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16
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Narcissism

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Abnormal attachment to ones own appearance and personality

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Nemesis

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One who inflicts retribution

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Odyssey

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A long series of wanderings

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Oedipus

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An abnormal attachment to ones parent of the opposite sex

20
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Olympian

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Exalted; majestic

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Paem

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A song of thanksgiving or praise

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Procrustean

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Forcing rigid conformity

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Protean

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Extremely changeable

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Siren

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An alluring but dangerous woman

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Stentorian

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Very loud

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Stygian

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Dark, gloomy

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Tantalize

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Tease

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Titanic

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Enormous size and power

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