W4 - Vocabulary #1 (Mythology)
knoaEnglish 9 Honors Name:
Ms. Wilde
Vocabulary #1
Directions: For each of the words listed below, write down whether the source of the word comes from Greek or Roman mythology. Give a brief background history of where it comes from in history as well as its contemporary meaning.
- titanic (adj)
- 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
- Arachnid (n) - Abe
- Origin - Greek; Someone named Arachne said that they were better than Athena herself so the goddess Athena transformed her to a spider to weave the rest of her life.
- Definition - Spiders
- Athena was jealous because Arachne was a wonderful weaver. Athena got mad, turned Arachne into a spider!!!
3.martial (adj) - Ryan
- Origin - Roman; named after Mars the god of war
- Definition - of or appropriate to war; warlike
- Martial arts - preparing to fight or go to war
- odyssey (n) - Parker
- Origin - Greek; The Odyssey is a story 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
- Odyseus was very intelligent, he went and fought in the trojan war for 10 years, took him 10 years to get home. All of these adventures are the Odyssey.
- panic (n) - Cora
- Origin - Greek; Pan was the Greek god of shepherds, flocks, pastures, and fertility. He would go into “sudden fear” if woken up from his noon nap and scream, therefore waking the flocks.
- Definition - sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior
- Any type of anxiousness is that panic or that worry
- jovial (adj) - Maycee
- Origin - Roman; Jupiter, also known as Jove, was the chief of Roman gods. He was a very joyful and happy god, and everyone believed anyone born under the sign of Jupiter would be just as happy and joyful as him.
- Definition - cheerful and friendly
- Chief of the Greek gods was Zeus!!! - he is the counterpart of Jupiter
- lethargic (adj) - Raegan
- Origin - Greek, mix between the Greek roots lethe meaning forgetful and argos meaning idle. Lethe is associated with a river in Hades that caused any drinker to forget their past.
- Definition - Laziness and forgetfulness.
- They would pass away, go down to Hades, drink the water, and forget about their mortal life.
- chronology (n) - Jack
- Origin - Greek; comes from the word “chrono”, meaning “time”. Chronos is the god of time.
- Definition - arranging events in order in which they occur
- ambrosial (adj) - Ava
- 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
- labyrinthine (adj) - Charlotte
- Origin - Greek; comes from the Greek word labyrinthos, the structure that contained the minotaur.
- Definition -(of a network) Interesting 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)
“Troublemakers”
accept/except - Serenity
Accept - to agree that something is valid or give consent to take something given
Except - not including something or some one.
Clue - A for agree E for exclude
Clue - Think of an X. anyone eXcept. (crossed out)
allusion/illusion - Abby
Allusion - the act of making an indirect reference to something, a reference to someone or something famous!
Illusion - 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.
complement/compliment - Mason O.
Complement - something that completes another thing
Ex: The mashed potatoes complement the steak.
Compliment - a polite expression showing praise
Ex: Your hair looks great today! (that was a compliment)
Clue - complement is something that makes other things complete, while compliment shows that something is already perfect
W4 - Vocabulary #1 (Mythology)
knoaEnglish 9 Honors Name:
Ms. Wilde
Vocabulary #1
Directions: For each of the words listed below, write down whether the source of the word comes from Greek or Roman mythology. Give a brief background history of where it comes from in history as well as its contemporary meaning.
- titanic (adj)
- 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
- Arachnid (n) - Abe
- Origin - Greek; Someone named Arachne said that they were better than Athena herself so the goddess Athena transformed her to a spider to weave the rest of her life.
- Definition - Spiders
- Athena was jealous because Arachne was a wonderful weaver. Athena got mad, turned Arachne into a spider!!!
3.martial (adj) - Ryan
- Origin - Roman; named after Mars the god of war
- Definition - of or appropriate to war; warlike
- Martial arts - preparing to fight or go to war
- odyssey (n) - Parker
- Origin - Greek; The Odyssey is a story 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
- Odyseus was very intelligent, he went and fought in the trojan war for 10 years, took him 10 years to get home. All of these adventures are the Odyssey.
- panic (n) - Cora
- Origin - Greek; Pan was the Greek god of shepherds, flocks, pastures, and fertility. He would go into “sudden fear” if woken up from his noon nap and scream, therefore waking the flocks.
- Definition - sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior
- Any type of anxiousness is that panic or that worry
- jovial (adj) - Maycee
- Origin - Roman; Jupiter, also known as Jove, was the chief of Roman gods. He was a very joyful and happy god, and everyone believed anyone born under the sign of Jupiter would be just as happy and joyful as him.
- Definition - cheerful and friendly
- Chief of the Greek gods was Zeus!!! - he is the counterpart of Jupiter
- lethargic (adj) - Raegan
- Origin - Greek, mix between the Greek roots lethe meaning forgetful and argos meaning idle. Lethe is associated with a river in Hades that caused any drinker to forget their past.
- Definition - Laziness and forgetfulness.
- They would pass away, go down to Hades, drink the water, and forget about their mortal life.
- chronology (n) - Jack
- Origin - Greek; comes from the word “chrono”, meaning “time”. Chronos is the god of time.
- Definition - arranging events in order in which they occur
- ambrosial (adj) - Ava
- 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
- labyrinthine (adj) - Charlotte
- Origin - Greek; comes from the Greek word labyrinthos, the structure that contained the minotaur.
- Definition -(of a network) Interesting 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)
“Troublemakers”
accept/except - Serenity
Accept - to agree that something is valid or give consent to take something given
Except - not including something or some one.
Clue - A for agree E for exclude
Clue - Think of an X. anyone eXcept. (crossed out)
allusion/illusion - Abby
Allusion - the act of making an indirect reference to something, a reference to someone or something famous!
Illusion - 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.
complement/compliment - Mason O.
Complement - something that completes another thing
Ex: The mashed potatoes complement the steak.
Compliment - a polite expression showing praise
Ex: Your hair looks great today! (that was a compliment)
Clue - complement is something that makes other things complete, while compliment shows that something is already perfect
