(forcefulness)
101larger-than-life — /lahr jeuhr dheuhn luyf /, adj. exceedingly imposing, impressive, or memorable, esp. in appearance or forcefulness: a larger than life leader. [1945 50] * * * …
102literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
103logic — logicless, adj. /loj ik/, n. 1. the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference. 2. a particular method of reasoning or argumentation: We were unable to follow his logic. 3. the system or principles of… …
104punch — punch1 puncher, n. /punch/, n. 1. a thrusting blow, esp. with the fist. 2. forcefulness, effectiveness, or pungency in content or appeal; power; zest: a letter to voters that needs more punch. 3. pull punches, a. to lessen deliberately the force… …
105virile — /vir euhl/ or, esp. Brit., / uyl/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a man; masculine; manly: virile strength. 2. having or exhibiting masculine energy, forcefulness, or strength in a marked degree. 3. characterized by a… …
106wan — wan1 wanly, adv. wanness, n. /won/, adj., wanner, wannest, v., wanned, wanning. adj. 1. of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed. 2. showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness, etc.: a wan …
107Calderón de la Barca, Pedro — born Jan. 17, 1600, Madrid, Spain died May 25, 1681, Madrid Spanish playwright. He abandoned religious studies in 1623 to write plays for the court of Philip IV of Spain. His secular plays included The Surgeon of His Honour (1635), Life Is a… …
108Classicism and Neoclassicism — Art historical tradition or aesthetic attitudes based on the art of ancient Greece and Rome. Classicism refers to the art produced in antiquity or to later art inspired by that of antiquity; Neoclassicism refers to art inspired by that of… …
109Coleridge, Samuel Taylor — born Oct. 21, 1772, Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, Eng. died July 25, 1834, Highgate, near London English poet, critic, and philosopher. Coleridge studied at the University of Cambridge, where he became closely associated with Robert Southey. In… …
110Khazar — Any member of a confederation of Turkic speaking tribes that established a commercial empire in European Russia in the late 6th century. A people of the northern Caucasus region, the Khazars allied with the Byzantines against the Persians in the… …
