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Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
enlighten
verb
teach
If you mean something by this, enlighten me with your wisdom.
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Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
aptitude
noun
skill
An aptitude for admiring our power, being puzzled by our riddles and
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amazed by our caprice.
Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
vaunting
participle
bragging
For there is this in man too: a vaunting pride that needs little
sustenance to make it swell to giant size.
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Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
sear
verb
burn
And when the meat began to sear and sputter, filling the cave with its
rich smells, the people felt themselves melting with hunger and flung Across Grade
themselves on the meat and devoured it greedily, burning their
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tongues.
Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
sustenance
noun
fuel
For there is this in man too: a vaunting pride that needs little
sustenance to make it swell to giant size.
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Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
spite
noun
desire to be
hurtful
It was so hot, so quick; it bit sharply when you touched it, and for
pure spite, made the shadows dance.
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Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
defy
verb
oppose
until another hero was born brave enough to defy the gods.
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Level
Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
capacity
noun
ability
“He has another quality,” said Zeus, “the capacity for worship.
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Level
1
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Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
abide
verb
obey
by which gods also must abide.
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Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
humility
noun
humbleness
his sense of worship, his humility.
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Level
Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
infinitely
adverb
endlessly
“More interesting, perhaps, but infinitely more dangerous.
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Level
Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
endow
verb
give a gift of
"Of what use to make a separate race called man and endow him
with little fur, some wit, and a curious charm of unpredictability? If he At Grade Level
must live like this, why separate him from the beasts at all?”
Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
wit
noun
intelligence
“Of what use to make a separate race called man and endow him
with little fur, some wit, and a curious charm of unpredictability? If he At Grade Level
must live like this, why separate him from the beasts at all?”
Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
horizon
noun
the line where
Then he left his couch at dawn, and standing tiptoe on Olympus,
the earth and the stretched his arm to the eastern horizon where the first faint flames
sky meet
of the sun were flickering.
Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
hover
verb
hang in the air
And when the friend of man was bound to the mountain, Zeus sent
two vultures to hover about him forever, tearing at his belly and
eating his liver.
Heroes, Gods
and Monsters
of the Greek
Myths
bind
verb
tie
He called his giant guards and had them seize Prometheus, drag him
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off to the Caucasus, and there bind him to a mountain peak with
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great chains specially forged by Hephaestus—
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the Odyssey
native
adjective
home
than a man's own native country.
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Level
2
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the Odyssey
inflicted on
phrase
harmfully dealt
Zeus inflicted on me, homeward bound from Troy…
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the Odyssey
sacked
verb
stole from and
destroyed
the Cicones' stronghold. There I sacked the city,
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the Odyssey
plunder
noun
stolen treasure
killed the men, but as for the wives and plunder,
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the Odyssey
comrades
noun
friends
and Zeus presented us with disaster, me and my comrades
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the Odyssey
notion
noun
idea
who had no notion of killing my companions, not at all,
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the Odyssey
everlasting
adjective
unending
lawless brutes, who trust so to the everlasting gods
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the Odyssey
clustered
participle
grouped together to yield a big full-bodied wine from clustered grapes
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the Odyssey
bleating
participle
crying
their bleating sheep and goats…
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the Odyssey
cast
verb
throw
to embark at once and cast off cables quickly.
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the Odyssey
roving
gerund
wandering
Out on a trading spree or roving the waves like pirates,
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the Odyssey
sacred
adjective
holy
strangers are sacred—Zeus will avenge their rights!'
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the Odyssey
crafty
adjective
skillfully sneaky
I shot back in my crafty way, 'My ship?
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the Odyssey
groped
verb
reached
I groped for the fatal spot but a fresh thought held me back.
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Level
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the Odyssey
ambrosia
noun
food of the gods this is nectar, ambrosia—this flows from heaven!'
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3
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the Odyssey
toppled
verb
fell
he toppled over, sprawled full-length, flat on his back
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the Odyssey
grazing
gerund
lightly eating
Used neither for grazing nor for ploughing
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the Odyssey
crimson
adjective
red
The Cyclopes have nothing like our ships with their crimson prows
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the Odyssey
yield
verb
produce
wheat and barley and vines with generous clusters that swell with
rain from heaven to yield wine
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the Odyssey
sacred
adjective
holy
for when we took the sacred citadel of the Cicones
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Level
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the Odyssey
suppliants
noun
beggars
We find ourselves here as suppliants at your knees
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the Odyssey
brute
noun
rough, violent
being
To this the cruel brute made no reply.
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Level
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the Odyssey
bard
noun
poet
it is indeed a lovely thing to hear a bard such as this
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the Odyssey
gale
noun
strong wind
now sent my fleet a terrible gale from the north
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the Odyssey
bouquet
noun
taste
and the bouquet that rose from the bowl was pure heaven
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the Odyssey
embark
verb
board
I then commanded the rest of my loyal band to embark with all speed Across Grade
on their fast ships
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the Odyssey
prime
noun
best time
grown to its full prime, the bole, like a column, thickset
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the Odyssey
contemptuous
adjective
proudly
disrespectful
I am not being haughty or contemptuous of you, though I'm not
surprised that you think I am.
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noun
young person
with
extraordinary
Was a prodigy
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Selected Tales
prodigy
from Ovid
4
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stunned
from Ovid
adjective
surprised
As butterflies to a garden, to flock stunned
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flock
from Ovid
verb
come as a group As butterflies to a garden, to flock stunned
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conjured
from Ovid
verb
created from
nothing
conjured her images into their places
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inborn
from Ovid
adjective
natural
Her sole instructor, she claimed, was her inborn skill
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swooned
from Ovid
verb
fainted from
emotion
They swooned at all she did.
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reckless
from Ovid
adjective
careless
For your reckless remarks
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merciful
from Ovid
adjective
kind and not
harsh
She will hear and she will be merciful.
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totters
from Ovid
verb
moves unsteadily As she spat at her: "Your brain totters
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decrepit
from Ovid
adjective
old and weak
Like your decrepit body
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babble
from Ovid
noun
nonsensical talk
Waste your babble on them
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prostrate
from Ovid
adjective
lying down
All the nymphs fell prostrate
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brazenly
from Ovid
adverb
shamelessly
Only Arachne brazenly
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giddy
from Ovid
adjective
dizzy
She plunged with all her giddy vanity
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gradation
from Ovid
noun
shade
That glowed every gradation
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Level
5
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Selected Tales
indignation
from Ovid
noun
anger
Staggered away growning with indignation
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exasperation
from Ovid
noun
extreme
annoyance
Into exasperation, struck Arachne
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divine
from Ovid
adjective
heavenly
Minerva portrayed the divine
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characterised
from Ovid
verb
described
She characterised each one
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impudence
from Ovid
noun
disrespect
Arachne could now expect for her impudence
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circumvents
from Ovid
verb
finds a way
around
Circumvents the modesty of Demeter
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assumed
from Ovid
verb
took on
Before they assumed for themselves
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in vain
from Ovid
idiom
pointlessly
Who had challenged Juno, cried in vain
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astride
from Ovid
participle
sitting atop of
Astride the bull that had deceived her
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Level
6
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