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chosen collapse: an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government"; the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945); one who is the object of choice; who is given preference; "she was Mama's chosen"; preferred above all others; "the chosen few"; "her chosen abode"

metaphysical collapse: highly abstract and overly theoretical; "metaphysical reasoning"; without material form or substance; "metaphysical forces"; pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics; "metaphysical philosophy"

executor collapse: a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will

contemn collapse: look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"

crossbreed collapse: breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"

upstage collapse: the rear part of the stage; of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"; at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"; steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"; move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience; treat snobbishly, put in one's place

proliferate collapse: cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms"; grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"

disdainful collapse: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

governing collapse: responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies"

suckle collapse: suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"

superhuman collapse: above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance; "superhuman beings"; "superhuman strength"; "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery"

propagate collapse: multiply sexually or asexually; cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering; transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"; transmit; "propagate sound or light through air"; travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium"; transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics"

noteworthy collapse: worthy of notice; "a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain"; "a remarkable achievement"; worthy of notice; "a noteworthy advance in cancer research"

daughter collapse: a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age"

exemplary collapse: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"

Cybele collapse: great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops

Nike collapse: (Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria

alone collapse: without anybody else; "the child stayed home alone"; "he flew solo"

geography collapse: study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

industrialist collapse: someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise

Zeus collapse: type genus of the family Zeidae; (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter

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