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these are notes on english 9 honors vocab

Origin – Greek; Titans were lawless, powerful giants who once ruled earth

Cronus was the leader, and he was overthrown by his son, Zeus

Definition – of enormous strength, size, or power

titanic (adj)

Origin - Greek; Arachne was a woman who had great talent in weaving. She boasted about being so good at it that Athena turned her into a spider.

Definition - An arthropod of the class Arachnida, such as a spider or scorpion.

Arachnid (n)

Origin - (Zach) Roman: The origin comes from combat, like wars, also it comes from the Roman god (Mars). Mars was the Roman god of war.

Definition -Of, Relating to, or suited for war or a warrior

martial (adj)

Origin - The Odyssey is a book written by Homer about the king of Ithaca’s 10 year journey home after the Trojan war. 

Definition - a long and eventful or adventurous  journey or experience; a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune 

odyssey (n)

Origin - The greek god pan caused terror and this gave into the name panic which is a feeling causing terror.

Definition - sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinkable behavior 

panic (n)

Origin - Relating to Jupiter the Roman God, saying if you were born under Jupiter then you shall be happy. Also from the late Latin Language. 

Definition -jolly, optimistic, happy ect

 

jovial (adj)

Origin (Alexis) - Comes from greek “Lathargos”, inactive through forgetfulness, comes from “Lethe”

Definition (Angie)  -  lack of energy/ sluggish  

lethargic (adj)

Origin -  Greek; comes from the word “chrono”, meaning “time”. Chronos is the god of time.

Definition - arranging events in order in which they occur

chronology (n)

 Origin - Greek; comes from the word ambrosia which means “immortality”, that means food of the gods   

Definition - A taste or smell that is pleasing  

The gods ate ambrosia for breakfast, lunch and dinner 

 

ambrosial (adj)

Origin - Greek; comes from the Greek word labyrinthos, the structure that contained the minotaur.

Definition:

(of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting

        (of a system) intricate and confusing

Daedulus was the engineer (Gods would turn to him with problems). They go to him because of the minotaur. Daedulus created this huge labyrinth and saved them from the minotaur.

Math problems and corn mazes - examples of labyrinthine (puzzling or troubling) 

labyrinthine (adj)

to agree that something is valid or give consent to take something given

not including something or some one. 

Clue - A for agree E for exclude

accept/except

the act of making an indirect reference to something, a reference to someone or something famous!

a misleading image presented to the vision, you see something that is not there, not real

Clue - Remember that Illusion starts with I, and Illusion tricks your  eyes  into thinking something is different than it actually is. So remember I Tricks your Eye.

allusion/illusion

Complement - something that completes another thing. The mashed potatoes complement the steak.

a polite expression showing praise. Your hair looks great today! (that was a compliment) 

complement/compliment