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Goliath collapse: (Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot

foil collapse: a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button; a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"; picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector; anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"; cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"; enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

evocation collapse: imaginative re-creation; stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"; calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

Hercules collapse: a large constellation in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis; (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality

spook collapse: frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"

showman collapse: a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments; a person skilled at making effective presentations

auteur collapse: a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works

stage manager collapse: someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed

human collapse: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty"; characteristic of humanity; "human nature"; relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"

boy collapse: (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; "get out of my way, boy"; a friendly informal reference to a grown man; "he likes to play golf with the boys"

pretender collapse: a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)

scholar collapse: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines; a student who holds a scholarship

slander collapse: words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

Homo sapiens collapse: the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc

master of ceremonies collapse: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

antediluvian collapse: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge; so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"; of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; "antediluvian man"

cobbler collapse: tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit; a person who makes or repairs shoes

shorthand collapse: a method of writing rapidly; written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand notes"

barker collapse: someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers

classicist collapse: an artistic person who adheres to classicism; a student of ancient Greek and Latin

cameo collapse: engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)

pygmy collapse: any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet; an unusually small individual

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