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Vocab-Theseus
Vocab-Thesesus and the minotor
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tribute | a payment or gift given to a ruler to show obedience or keep peace |
| Labyrinth | a complicated maze of passages that is difficult to excape |
| savage | Fierce, violent or uncontrolled |
| tyrant | A ruler who uses power in a cruel or unfair way |
| Persuade | To convince someone to think or act in a certain way |
| taunt | To mock someone with insulting words |
| humiliate | to make someone feel ashamed or foolish |
| feeble | lacking phyiscal strength |
| Goad | To provoke or annoy someone to get a reaction |
| despair | a feeling that there is no hope |
| unfurl | to unroll or spread out something that was rolled or folded |
| haste | Great speed or hurry sometimes leading to mistakes |
| Myth | a traditianal story often involving gods or heroes that esplains natural events or cultural beliefs |
| brave | showing courage and determantion |
| ancient | belonging to the distants past |
| heroic | having or showing the qualities of a hero |
| powerful | having great strength or influence |
| Mortal | a human being as opposed to god |
| immortal | living forever unable to die |
| gods/goddesses | Supernatural beings worshipped as divine powers |
| divine | of or like a god or goodess |
| wise | Having or showing experience knowledge and good judgment |