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Vocab-Theseus
vocab- Theseus and the Minotaur
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tribute | a payment or gift to a ruler to show obedience or keep peace |
| Labyrinth | a complicated maze of passages that is difficult to escape |
| Savage | fierce violent or uncontrolled |
| tyrant | a ruler who uses power in a unfair way |
| persuade | to convince someone to act or think in a certain way |
| taunt | to mock someone with insulting words |
| Humiliate | to make someone feel ashamed or foolish |
| feeble | lacking physical strngth;weak |
| goad | to provoke or annoy someone to get a reaction |
| despair | a feelng that their is no hope |
| unfurl | to unroll or spread out that was rolled or folded |
| haste | great speed or hurry sometimes leading to mistakes |
| Myth | a traditional story often involving gods or heroes that explains natural events or cultural beliefs |
| brave | showing courage and determination |
| ancient | belonging to the distant past |
| heroic | having or showing the qualities of a hero |
| powerful | having great strength ot influence |
| mortal | a human being as opposed to a god |
| immortal | living forever unable to die |
| God/goddessesses | supernatural being worshipped as divine power |
| divine | of or like a god or goddess |
| wise | having or showing experience knowledge and good judgement |