Vocab #2

• 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 

• 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