Vocabulary - Words From Mythology
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leighanne_campbell on October 20, 2011
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7th Grade Language Arts 2011-12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ambrosia | noun - the food of the gods |
| atlas | noun - a book of maps |
| centaur | noun - monster with the head and arms of a man and the body and legs of a horse |
| echo | noun - the repetition of sound verb - to repeat another's words or ideas; to repeat or reflect sound from a surface |
| Herculean | adjective - very powerful or courageous |
| hygiene | noun - sanitary practice |
| iridescent | adjective - showing shifting changes in color from different angles |
| jovial | adjective - full of hearty, playful good humor; genial |
| mentor | noun - a wise, loyal advisor |
| mercurial | adjective - having the qualities of the god Mercury, sucyh as eloquence, cleverness, shrewdness, and thievishness; having qualities suggestive of mercury; quick, quick-witted, changeable |
| nemesis | noun - just punishment; anyone or anything by which, it seems, one must inevitably be defeated or frustrated |
| odyssey | noun - any extended wandering or journey |
| panic | noun - sudden fear verb - to react to a crisis with great fear |
| tantalize | verb - to tease or disappoint by promising or showing something desirable and then withholding it |
| zephyr | noun - a soft, gentle breeze |
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