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STOIC

a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.

The meaning of the word stoic is a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c..

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curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
stockadea line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense
hackneyedlacking in freshness or originality
hummocka rounded knoll or hillock
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moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water