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engilsh chap 3
vocab words
Term | Definition |
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aphrodisiac | Greek goddess Aphrodite was to the goddess of love |
chthonic | it means,roughly,on native ground,originating where found, as the autochthonous |
hector | this verb means" to bully or to try to force someone to do something |
hermetic | Greek god Hermes,whom we know better by his Latin name mercury |
junoesque | reserved for woman is a compliment that comes via the roman goddess juno |
mercurial | the roman god mercury was messchger of the gods & as such hud to be very swift |
mnemonic | refers to memory or relating to memory |
muse | means to lose yourself in your thoughts |
bemuse | means you have passively gotten to a state of unfocused thinking again possibly to allow yourself to receive inspration |
odyssey | today a literal journey or a journey of the intellect or sprit |
satumine | means gloomy or even bitterly scraslic and mocking |