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Look up: arete

  1. Aretê
    goodness, excellence.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. arete
    [n] - a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Arête
    A`rête' noun [ French, lit., a sharp fish bone, ridge, sharp edge, from Latin arista beard of grain.] (Geology) An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/118

  4. arete
    noun a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Arete
    • (n.) An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. arete
    (from the article `education`) ...was already emerging. Dance, poetry, and instrumental music were well developed and provided an essential element in the educational formation of ... ...matchless physique served as a model for all subsequent physical culturists. The Greek, and especially Athenian, ideal of a sound mind and sound ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/97

  7. arête
    (French: `ridge`), in geology, a sharp-crested serrate ridge separating the heads of opposing valleys (cirques) that formerly were occupied by ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/97

  8. Arete
    Arete is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `Virtue` Arete,Aretha The name Arete doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Arete seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Are

  9. Arête
    Sharp topographic ridge that separates cirques on a mountain that is or has been glaciated.
    Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo

  10. Arete
    See Virtue.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/a.html

  11. Arete
    An arete is a steep angular mountain ridge.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. arête
    Click images to enlargeSharp narrow ridge separating two glacial troughs (U-shaped valleys), or corries. They are formed by intense freeze–thaw weathering on the sides of mountains. The typical U-shaped cross-sections of glacial troughs give arêtes very steep sides. Arêtes are common in glaciate...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  13. Arete
    (mythology) In Greek mythology, Queen `Arete` (Ἀρητή-->, Arêtê) of Scheria was the wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa and Laodamas. She welcomed Odysseus and treated him hospitably. Her name appears to be associated with the Ionic noun Arete is a descendant of Pos...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete

  14. Arete
    `Arete` (; Greek: ), in its basic sense, means excellence of any kind. In its earliest appearance in Greek, this notion of excellence was ultimately bound up with the notion of the fulfillment of purpose or function: the act of living up to one`s full potential. Arete in ancient Greek culture...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete



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