| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ~*abominably | ~*extremely unpleasant or disgusting // offensive, obnoxious, horrible, deplorable |
| abstract | cannot be perceived by 5 senses |
| acquiesced | to accept; to agree |
| *acute | *ending in a sharp point |
| ~adversary | ~enemy; opponent // rival |
| affray | a fight between two or more people |
| ~*agile | ~* quickness of movement // active, stiff |
| *aloof | *distant;unfriendly |
| ~alter ego | ~the opposite side of a personality // a reflection of a hero's best or worst qualities |
| amontillado | wine |
| *anguish | *extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| *apprehensive | *fearful; uneasy // hesitate |
| ardor | passion;enthusiasm |
| ~*awry | ~* confused, crooked, defective |
| cask | container; wooden barrel |
| catacomb | burial place |
| ~community | ~a group of people working or living together sharing a common interest |
| concrete | can be perceived by 5 senses |
| *contend | *to strive in debate; to stuggle for |
| *cower | *drew back or crouched in fear and helplessness; cringe; move backward in fear |
| ~customs | ~repeated practice // habit practice; an established way of doing things |
| *deplorable | *regrettable; very bad; horrible |
| dilemma | problem |
| *discern | *see; detect by looking carefully |
| *disconsolate | *very unhappy |
| *disdainful | scornful; contemptuous |
| ~disillusionment | ~ disappoint; make feel bitter // disappointment; remorse |
| *docile | *easy to manage; submissive |
| ~*dogged | ~*stubbornness; persistence // determination to continue without giving up in spite of difficulties |
| ~*emanate | ~*to come out from a source // send forth, radiate, give out |
| *embark | *go abord;begin a journey |
| ~*embody | ~*make real, give form to, or include // to represent in human or animal form; personify |
| epic | long narrative poems that tell of the adventures of heroes who in some way embody the values of their civilizations |
| epic hero | main character in epic; protagonist -- ODYSSEUS |
| episode | - |
| evidence | - |
| exaggeration | hyberbole or overstatement |
| exposition | synonym for beginning/ where things are explained |
| ~*fate | ~*something planned; your destiny // a pre-determined state or end |
| feud | a long-running arguement or fight between two parties |
| foe | enemy |
| *formidable | awe-inspiring in excellence; strikingly impressive |
| ~*glower | ~*glare; stare angrily // to stare angrily |
| heroic simile | [homeric simile?] makes a comparison of some kind of heroic event to something familiar to the audience, such as an animal or the weather |
| *hindrance | *obstacle; thing that restrains or prevents an activity |
| ~hospitality | ~generous and friendly reception of guests |
| hubris | excessive pride |
| hyperbole | exaggeration or overstatement |
| ibis | bird |
| ~*implore | ~*plead // to make a request |
| *impose | *take advantage of |
| *impunity | *freedom from punishment |
| inciting incident | the specific event that starts the problem |
| *indolent | *lazy;idle |
| ~*infallible | ~*inability to make a mistake // unbeatable, faultless, correct |
| ~interloper | ~intruder, marauders, trespasser, poacher |
| invocation | a prayer, conjure or incantation |
| journey | - |
| ~*lavish | ~*give generously //spending or giving more than is necessary; extravagant |
| luminary | enlighten |
| marauders | to roam about and raid |
| melancholy | sadness; depression of spirits |
| mocking | satire |
| motivation | what causes a character to act or react |
| Muse | one of Zeus' 9 daughters |
| myth | a type of literature that attempts to explain how something was created or why things are the way they are - a system of stories, religious in nature |
| niter | salt substance |
| *obstinate | *stubborn; persistent |
| ~*odyssey | ~*a long wondering voyage; a quest // a long journey |
| ~optimism | ~a habit of expecting everything to turn out for the best |
| oral tradition | a history or story passed on for generations without being written down |
| *palpable | *easily felt or touched |
| *pauper | *very poor person |
| ~*peril | ~*danger // danger |
| pessimism | negative side of things |
| ~petty | ~having little or no importance or meaning |
| pinioned | to disable or restrain |
| *pliant | *flexible; adaptable |
| poaching | to steal |
| *precarious | *unsteady; unstable; unsure |
| *preclude | *make impossible in advance; prevent |
| profusion | abundance; large supply |
| prologue | introduction |
| *quarry | *animals that are hunted |
| quest | - |
| ~*rancor | ~*bitterness; resentment; ill will // bitter hatred |
| *rank | *thick and wild |
| *ravage | *destroy violently; ruin |
| ~*reiterate | ~*repeat // to say or do over again or repeatedly |
| remaining | whatever is left; the last ones |
| resolution | the point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out |
| resolved | when the problem is fixed |
| *restitution | *compensation; repayment |
| *revelry | *merrymaking; festivity; noisy, lively celebration |
| ~rhapsodes | ~a singer of tales |
| *sage | *wise // a person who has much knowledge |
| scarlet | red |
| ~*stealth | ~*secret or sneaky action or behavior // convert, hidden, secret |
| vault | catacomb, tomb, burial place |
| *vermillion | *bright red |
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