Source Reveal Word POS Definition Contextual Sentence Word Level Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths enlighten verb teach If you mean something by this, enlighten me with your wisdom. Across Grade Level Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths aptitude noun skill An aptitude for admiring our power, being puzzled by our riddles and At Grade Level 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. At Grade Level 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 Level 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. At Grade Level 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. At Grade Level Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths defy verb oppose until another hero was born brave enough to defy the gods. Across Grade Level Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths capacity noun ability “He has another quality,” said Zeus, “the capacity for worship. Across Grade Level 1 Source Reveal Word POS Definition Contextual Sentence Word Level Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths abide verb obey by which gods also must abide. At Grade Level Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths humility noun humbleness his sense of worship, his humility. Across Grade Level Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths infinitely adverb endlessly “More interesting, perhaps, but infinitely more dangerous. Across Grade 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 Across Grade off to the Caucasus, and there bind him to a mountain peak with Level great chains specially forged by Hephaestus— Excerpts from the Odyssey native adjective home than a man's own native country. At Grade Level Across Grade Level Across Grade Level 2 Source Reveal Word POS Definition Contextual Sentence Word Level Excerpts from the Odyssey inflicted on phrase harmfully dealt Zeus inflicted on me, homeward bound from Troy… At Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey sacked verb stole from and destroyed the Cicones' stronghold. There I sacked the city, At Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey plunder noun stolen treasure killed the men, but as for the wives and plunder, Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey comrades noun friends and Zeus presented us with disaster, me and my comrades At Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey notion noun idea who had no notion of killing my companions, not at all, At Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey everlasting adjective unending lawless brutes, who trust so to the everlasting gods Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey clustered participle grouped together to yield a big full-bodied wine from clustered grapes Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey bleating participle crying their bleating sheep and goats… Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey cast verb throw to embark at once and cast off cables quickly. Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey roving gerund wandering Out on a trading spree or roving the waves like pirates, At Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey sacred adjective holy strangers are sacred—Zeus will avenge their rights!' At Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey crafty adjective skillfully sneaky I shot back in my crafty way, 'My ship? At Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey groped verb reached I groped for the fatal spot but a fresh thought held me back. Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey ambrosia noun food of the gods this is nectar, ambrosia—this flows from heaven!' At Grade Level 3 Source Reveal Word POS Definition Contextual Sentence Word Level Excerpts from the Odyssey toppled verb fell he toppled over, sprawled full-length, flat on his back Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey grazing gerund lightly eating Used neither for grazing nor for ploughing Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey crimson adjective red The Cyclopes have nothing like our ships with their crimson prows Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey yield verb produce wheat and barley and vines with generous clusters that swell with rain from heaven to yield wine At Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey sacred adjective holy for when we took the sacred citadel of the Cicones Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey suppliants noun beggars We find ourselves here as suppliants at your knees At Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey brute noun rough, violent being To this the cruel brute made no reply. Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey bard noun poet it is indeed a lovely thing to hear a bard such as this At Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey gale noun strong wind now sent my fleet a terrible gale from the north Across Grade Level Excerpts from the Odyssey bouquet noun taste and the bouquet that rose from the bowl was pure heaven At Grade Level Excerpts from 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 Level Excerpts from the Odyssey prime noun best time grown to its full prime, the bole, like a column, thickset Across Grade Level Excerpts from 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. At Grade Level noun young person with extraordinary Was a prodigy At Grade Level Selected Tales prodigy from Ovid 4 Source Reveal Word POS Definition Contextual Sentence Word Level Selected Tales stunned from Ovid adjective surprised As butterflies to a garden, to flock stunned Across Grade Level Selected Tales flock from Ovid verb come as a group As butterflies to a garden, to flock stunned Across Grade Level Selected Tales conjured from Ovid verb created from nothing conjured her images into their places At Grade Level Selected Tales inborn from Ovid adjective natural Her sole instructor, she claimed, was her inborn skill At Grade Level Selected Tales swooned from Ovid verb fainted from emotion They swooned at all she did. Across Grade Level Selected Tales reckless from Ovid adjective careless For your reckless remarks At Grade Level Selected Tales merciful from Ovid adjective kind and not harsh She will hear and she will be merciful. Across Grade Level Selected Tales totters from Ovid verb moves unsteadily As she spat at her: "Your brain totters Across Grade Level Selected Tales decrepit from Ovid adjective old and weak Like your decrepit body At Grade Level Selected Tales babble from Ovid noun nonsensical talk Waste your babble on them Across Grade Level Selected Tales prostrate from Ovid adjective lying down All the nymphs fell prostrate At Grade Level Selected Tales brazenly from Ovid adverb shamelessly Only Arachne brazenly At Grade Level Selected Tales giddy from Ovid adjective dizzy She plunged with all her giddy vanity At Grade Level Selected Tales gradation from Ovid noun shade That glowed every gradation Across Grade Level 5 Source Reveal Word POS Definition Contextual Sentence Word Level Selected Tales indignation from Ovid noun anger Staggered away growning with indignation Across Grade Level Selected Tales exasperation from Ovid noun extreme annoyance Into exasperation, struck Arachne At Grade Level Selected Tales divine from Ovid adjective heavenly Minerva portrayed the divine Across Grade Level Selected Tales characterised from Ovid verb described She characterised each one Across Grade Level Selected Tales impudence from Ovid noun disrespect Arachne could now expect for her impudence At Grade Level Selected Tales circumvents from Ovid verb finds a way around Circumvents the modesty of Demeter At Grade Level Selected Tales assumed from Ovid verb took on Before they assumed for themselves Across Grade Level Selected Tales in vain from Ovid idiom pointlessly Who had challenged Juno, cried in vain At Grade Level Selected Tales astride from Ovid participle sitting atop of Astride the bull that had deceived her Across Grade Level 6