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  • agon  a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes

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    • (n) a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes

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    1. Bloom's view of literature as a ceaseless agon between challengers and titleholders is interesting and, in some instances, true.
    2. Much of the lands that you called home today belonged to the obrigional people not too long agon in historic sense.
  • agonadal  lacking gonads
  • agonal  pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies)
  • agone  /ə ˈɡɑn/ ?  gone by; or in the past
  • agones  a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes
  • agonic line  an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic…
  • agonidae  poachers
  • agonise  cause to agonize
  • agonised  expressing pain or agony
  • agonising  extremely painful
  • agonist  /ˈæ ɡə nɪst/ ?  the principal character in a work of fiction
  • agonistic  /ˌæ ɡə ˈnɪs tɪk/ ?  of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
  • agonistical  striving to overcome in argument
  • agonize  /ˈæ ɡə ˌnaɪz/ ?  cause to agonize
  • agonized  /ˈæ ɡə ˌnaɪzd/ ?  expressing pain or agony
  • agonizing  /ˈæ ɡə naɪ zɪŋ/ ?  extremely painful
  • agonizingly  /ˈæ ɡə naɪ zɪŋ li/ ?  in a very painful manner
  • agonus  type genus of the Agonidae
  • agonus cataphractus  northern Atlantic sea poacher
  • agony  /ˈæ ɡə ni/ ?  intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  • agony aunt  a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems…
  • agony column  a newspaper column devoted to personal problems
  • agora  /ˈæ ɡə rə/ ?  100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
  • agorae  /ˈæ ɡə ri/ ?  100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
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