Ms. Reddy-O's Hon. World Lit
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 myth | a story that explains a belief,a custom, or a natural phenomenon |
| folktale | oral stories told by common people, usually for entertainment |
| archetype | a model, a typical or ideal example of something |
| mediocre | of average or lower than average quality; ordinary |
| cataclysmic | extremely sudden, violent, or destructive |
| succumb | to give in to, to yield |
| archaic | old fashioned, out of date |
| onslaught | an attack, either physical or emotional |
| amiable | friendly, good natured |
| hovel | a shack, a run down house |
| condescend | to come down to the level of one's inferiors |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place or the person who travels place to place |
| reverie | dreamy thoughts, daydreams |
| curt | rudely abrupt; rudely brief |
| diligent | hard working |
| abode | dwelling place, a home |
| secular | worldly, not religious |
| satire | writing that ridicules human weakness or vices |
| transgression | a violation, breaking of a law, a sin |
| incantation | recitation of magical words to cast a spell |
| ominous | threatening evil or misfortune, menacing |
| deluge | a great flood |
| allotted | distributed |
| somber | melancholoy, depressed, sad |
| pestilence | any contagious disease that spreads rapidly |
| consign | to assign to an undesirable position or place, to relegate |
| oratory | the art of public speaking |
| abyss | bottomless pit, the void that existed before creation |
| reckoning | the act of counting, calculation |
| diversified | varied, having many different types |
| resplendent | dazzling, shining brilliantly, with splendor |
| solder | to join together with a melted metal compound |
| divinity | quality of being like a god, a god or deity |
| lamentation | an outward show of grief; wailing or crying |
| mete | to distribute or dole out |
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