Gods, Heroes, and Men of Ancient Greece -- Summer Vocabulary

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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  3. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  4. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  5. acropolis
    the citadel in an ancient Greek city, usually on a hill
  6. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  7. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  8. ambrosial
    worthy of the gods
  9. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
  10. arid
    lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  11. asylum
    a shelter from danger or hardship
  12. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
  13. behest
    an authoritative command or request
  14. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  15. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  16. boisterous
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  17. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  18. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  19. camaraderie
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  20. canny
    showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  21. clairvoyant
    someone who can perceive things not present to the senses
  22. collaborate
    work together on a common enterprise or project
  23. compassion
    a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
  24. condescend
    behave in a patronizing manner
  25. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  26. conformist
    someone who follows established standards of conduct
  27. convergence
    the act of coming closer
  28. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  29. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  30. discredit
    the state of being held in low esteem
  31. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  32. divergence
    moving away in different direction from a common point
  33. divination
    the art or gift of prophecy by supernatural means
  34. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  35. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  36. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  37. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  38. exemplary
    worthy of imitation
  39. herald
    a person who announces important news
  40. herculean
    extremely difficult; requiring great strength
  41. knave
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  42. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
  43. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  44. muse
    reflect deeply on a subject
  45. narcissism
    an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
  46. nemesis
    a personal foe or rival that cannot be easily defeated
  47. odyssey
    a long wandering and eventful journey
  48. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  49. oracle
    a shrine where a prophet is consulted
  50. pestilence
    any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  51. procure
    get by special effort
  52. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  53. rogue
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  54. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
  55. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  56. swarthy
    naturally having skin of a dark color
  57. tantalize
    harass with persistent teasing or baiting
  58. venerable
    profoundly honored
  59. waft
    a long flag; often tapering
  60. writhe
    move in a twisting or contorted motion
Created on Tue Jun 28 08:25:51 EDT 2016 (updated Thu Aug 25 15:39:00 EDT 2016)

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