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| Augean |
of or suggesting Augeas, a king in Greek mythology, or his stables, which had not been cleaned for thirty years until Hercules changed the course of a river so that it swept through them. [1/2 definitions] |
| available |
able to be had for use or purchase; at hand. [1/2 definitions] |
| Aztec |
a member of an Indian people who had an advanced civilization in central Mexico before the Spaniards conquered them in 1519. [1/4 definitions] |
| blessed |
having had good fortune conferred upon one. [1/4 definitions] |
| born with a silver spoon in one's mouth |
born to wealthy parents and therefore having had privileges that others have not had. |
| caduceus |
in mythology, the staff carried by Mercury, which was entwined by two snakes and had two wings at the top. [1/2 definitions] |
| caveat |
in law, a formal request to suspend proceedings until the filer of the notice has had a hearing. [1/3 definitions] |
| Church Fathers |
the ecclesiastical authorities of the early Christian church, whose writings had an authoritative influence on the formation of Christian doctrine. |
| civil war |
(cap.)The U.S. war (1861-1865) between the Northern states (Union) and the Southern states (Confederacy), which had seceded from the Union because of conflict over states' rights and the practice of slavery. [1/2 definitions] |
| Commonwealthmen |
group of British thinkers and reformers whose ideas of republicanism, civic virtue, and liberty had an influence on the leaders of the American Revolution. |
| cui bono |
the legal principle that the responsibility for a certain act is likely to lie with one who had something to gain as a result of that act. [1/2 definitions] |
| decaffeinated |
having had the natural caffeine removed; having little or no caffeine. |
| déjà vu |
the almost physical sensation, when one is in a place or having an experience, that one has been in that place or had that experience before. |
| dried |
having had all the water or moisture removed. [1/2 definitions] |
| European Union |
an economic and political union of a large number of democratic countries in Europe formed in 1993 from the former European Economic Community. Additional nations have joined since 1993, and one, the United Kingdom, had been a member originally but removed itself in 2020. The European Union currently consists of the member states Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. Many of the countries share a common currency, the Euro. |
| exodus |
(cap.) the departure of the ancient Israelites from Egypt, where they had been enslaved. [1/3 definitions] |
| faun |
a rural deity in Roman mythology that had the upright stance and upper body of a man and the ears, horns, and lower body of a goat. |
| fill in |
to give (someone) necessary information, often information that they had missed receiving earlier (often fol. by "on"). [1/4 definitions] |
| forbidden fruit |
in the Bible, the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden, which had been forbidden to Adam and Eve by God. [1/2 definitions] |
| front-load |
to move and concentrate caucuses and party primaries to an earlier period before a general election than had previously been established. [1/2 definitions] |
| frustrated |
having had a goal or ambition that one has never been able to achieve. [1/3 definitions] |
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