Vocabulary #1 Mrs. Vitolo -Daniel Halverson

Titanic (adj)

Of enormous strength, size, or power. Origin – Greek; Titans were lawless, powerful giants who once ruled Earth. Cronus was the leader, and he was overthrown by his son, Zeus.

Arachnid (n)

A type of small animal with eight legs and a split body. Origin - Greek; After the story of Arachne, a woman who challenged Athena to a weaving contest. Arachne won but humiliated the gods, so Athena turned her into a spider.

Martial (adj)

Warlike; pertaining to war. Origin – Roman; from Mars, God of war (Ares in Greek).

Odyssey (n)

An odyssey is a long, wandering, and adventurous journey filled with heavy trials, changes, and challenges. Origin - Greek; The word odyssey comes from the poem The Odyssey written by Homer, which describes the journey of the Greek war hero Odysseus returning home to Ithaca.

Panic (n)

Sudden, irrational fear. Origin - Greek; originates from the Greek God Pan, the god of shepherds and wild places. Pan was known for his ability to instill panic or fear into people.

Jovial (adj)

Super cheerful, jolly, and full of high spirits. Origin - Roman word jovialis meaning Jupiter, the Roman god (Greek god Zeus).

Lethargic (adj)

Sluggishness, drowsiness or lack of energy. Origin-Greek, from Lethe, river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past.

Chronology (n)

The arrangement of events in the order they happened in. Origin - Greek; Chronos was the name of a Greek personification of time (different from Cronus, the Titan).

Ambrosial (adj)

Exceptionally pleasing to the taste or smell, delicious, or worthy of the gods. Origin-Greek; Derived from ambrosia meaning 'immortality' or the mythical food of the Greek gods.

Labyrinthine (adj)

This word is often used when something is complex or confusing. Origin: It originates from the Greek word labyrinthos. It also comes from the Latin word labyrinthus, exemplified by Daedalus, who created the first human labyrinth to hide the Minotaur.

Accept (v)

To take or receive something offered, to agree to an invitation, or to believe and recognize something as true.

Except (prep/conj)

Mainly functions as a preposition or conjunction meaning 'excluding', 'leaving out', or 'other than'. Way to remember: Except = Exclude → EXclude and EXcept both start with EX. 'Everyone came except Jake.' = Jake was excluded.

Allusion (n)

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Illusion (n)

Something that looks, sounds, or feels like something it is not, or a false idea that a person believes is true. Way to remember: I llusion = I maginary; illusions are tricks (magic tricks, visual tricks, etc).

Complement (n)

Something that makes something else better. Enhances, completes, makes perfect. Trick to remember: Complement has an E instead of an I; the E is for enhances.

Compliment (n)

A polite remark or action that says something nice about somebody. Trick to remember: Compliment has an I instead of an E; I is for I compliment someone.