Flashcards: Vocabulary #9
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titansforever on November 30, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 myth | traditional story about gods or heroes |
| oracle | a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess |
| epic | a long poem that told about heroic deeds |
| fable | a short tale that teaches a lesson |
| drama | a story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story |
| tragedy | a play where a person struggles to overcome difficulties but fails, and as a result , the story has an unhappy ending |
| comedy | a story that is filled with humor and has a happy ending |
| veer | to shift or change direction |
| waver | to become unsteady |
| rash | done without thought or preparation |
| reel | to turn or seem to turn around and around |
| quench | to satisfy or put an end to a need or desire |
| vainly | without success |
| winnow | to separate or divide |
| fledgling | a young bird without feathers that cannot yet fly |
| sustained | to be kept from falling |
| draught | a taste |
| philosophy | the study of history, political science, science, and mathematics |