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21Perseverance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Perseverance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 perseverance perseverance Sgm: N 1 continuance continuance &c.(inaction) 143 Sgm: N 1 permanence permanence &c.(absence of change) 141 Sgm: N 1 firmness firmness &c.(stability) …
22resolution — n. 1. Analysis, decomposition, separation. 2. Dissolution, solution. 3. Disentanglement, explication, unravelling. 4. Firmness, determination, steadiness, constancy, inflexibility, courage, energy, pluck, hardihood, decision, manliness, tenacity… …
23stubborn — [stub′ərn] adj. [ME stoburn, prob. < OE stubb, var. of stybb,STUB] 1. refusing to yield, obey, or comply; resisting doggedly or unreasonably; resolute or obstinate 2. done or carried on in an obstinate or doggedly persistent manner [a stubborn …
24Genghis Khan — /jeng gis kahn / or, often, /geng / 1162 1227, Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper River. Also, Jenghis Khan, Jenghiz Khan. * * * or Chinggis Khan orig. Temüjin born 1155, or 1162, or 1167, near Lake Baikal, Mongolia… …
25Pharisees — • A politico religious sect or faction among the adherents of later Judaism, that came into existence as a class about the third century B.C. . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pharisees Pharisees …
26Venerable Cesare Baronius — Venerable Cesare Baronius † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Venerable Cesare Baronius Cardinal and ecclesiastical historian, born at Sora in the Kingdom of Naples, 30 August, 1538; died at Rome, 30 June, 1607; author of Annales Ecclesiatici …
27Dayan, Moshe — (1915–81) Israel general and political leader. For the outside world, Dayan’s fixed image was that of the famous general with the black eye patch, hero of the Sinai Campaign and the Six Day War. To the Israelis he stood for much more the sabra …
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28grim — 1 Grim, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, merciless grievanceare comparable when they mean so inexorable or obdurate as to repel or bar any effort to move one from one s purpose or course. Grim (see also GHASTLY) usually implies tenacity of… …
29Animal force — Force Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See {Fort}, n.] 1. Capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of… …
30Catabiotic force — Force Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See {Fort}, n.] 1. Capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of… …
