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Origin – Comes from the Greek myth of Tantalus, a king who was punished by the gods for his evil deeds. The punishment was that they put him in a pool of water and every time he bent down to take a drink the water would drain. There was also a tree above his head that every time he went to pick apples from the tree, the apples would be taken away
Definition - Harass with persistent criticism or carping
Ex: being teased
He invited all of the gods and goddesses over and baked up his son to feed to them; made them very mad
tantalize (v)
Origin - Greek - Comes from a story where a Greek God cursed a man named Narcissus to fall in love with his own reflection off of a pool of water.
Definition - A characteristic of a person where said person is overly self-loving and self-involved. A person who puts themselves before others.
narcissistic (adj)
Origin - Comes from the name of the Greek Titan who was forced to carry the weight of heaven on his shoulders as punishment for trying to fight the Greek Gods.
Definition - A book of maps or charts.
atlas (n)
Origin- Latin - comes from the name of the roman god Mercury who was the counterpart of the greek god Hermes
Definition - subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind
Hermes’ personality changed quickly from happy to upset
mercurial (adj)
Origin - the greek goddess Iris is the goddess of rainbows
Definition - a colorful light (often colorful) that seems to change depending on what angle you look at it
iridescent (adj)
Origin - Greek; Achilles mother dipped him in the River Styx to make him immortal but was holding his heel which did not get touched by the water making it his weak spot.
Definition - a small problem or a weakness and vulnerable spot.
Achilles’ mom was trying to protect her son. He got shot by a bow and arrow only in his heel, and that is how he died.
Ex: Chocolate is my achilles heel. (any weakness)
Achilles heel (n)
Origin -(Latin) The Roman goddess of the dawn was called Aurora, and she traveled from the east to the west announcing that the Sun was coming
Definition - Of or about the dawn; pertaining to the northern or southern lights
auroral (adj)
Definition: unreal, fake
Origin: (Greek) from chimera, a fire breathing monster who was said to instill fear and awe into people. The chimera was conspired by Gaia as revenge on Zeus for overthrowing his father.
chimerical (adj)
Origin - comes from the Greek words “eu” (good) and “thanatos” (death). It allows them to have a “good death”
Definition- the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.
Thanos killed half of everyone
Thanatos was the personification of death in Greek mythology
euthanasia (n)
Origin - Greek; From the daimon Zelus who personified zeal, jealousy, and dedication.
Definition - Great enthusiasm to complete a goal or task
Ex: If you have great zeal about the Cincinnati Bengals, that means you are super enthusiastic about them!
zeal (n)
- verb- to influence or change something
- noun- the result of a change
Clue: A for Affect, which means Alter; E for Effect, which means End results
affect/effect
- It is or it has
- possessive form for it
Clue - The ‘ means it’s a contraction so in the example shown “The ‘ means it is a contraction”
its/it’s
- Used to describe between two distinct things
- Used to describe between three or more things
Clue - Between is one on one, and Among is a group
between/among
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