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Instructions

Find 2 words that you think are significant to understanding the story. Put your initials in front, write the word, and then write down the sentence in which the quote appears, followed by the correct citation format. I have put down an example.

Finally, on the second line, provide everyone with the definition. Use the Merriam-Webster dictionary online, www.m-w.com, which has an audio link to the word, to hear its pronunciation. If there are more than one possible definitions, choose the one that is most appropriate to the context. = = = Week 4 - Greek Myths III =

1.AQL: acquaintance:"do you care to renew your **acquaintance**?"(Pg97) Def: a person you know before.(Dictionary)

2.AQL: mischief:"was so beautiful that Aphrodite grew jealous and began to plan **mischief**."(Pg91) Def: a cause or source of harm evil or irritation. especially:a person who caused mischief.(MW)

3.TR: artificer:"Minos, delighted appointed Daedalus court artificer." (pg136) Def:a skilled or artistic worker or craftsman.

4.KT: Caprice: "They preferred their intention to become man's aspiration, their **caprice**, his law." (Evslin 134) Def. : "A disposition to do things impulsively" (MW)

5.KT: Stupefied: "As they fell away and drifted slowly down, he gazed at them, **stupefied**." (Evslin 143) Def. : "To be stupid, groggy, or insensible." (MW)

6.SFF: Fascinate: "They were so fascinated they even forgot to eat, which was unusual for them.(Evslin 99) Def: "to cause (someone) to be very interested in something or someone.(MW)

7.SFF:Devour: " perhaps, that devours young maidens once they are fattened.(Evslin99) Def:" to eat up greedily or ravenously."(MW)

8. NR: Caprice: "They preferred their intention to become man's aspiration, their caprice, his law" (EVSLIN 134) Def: a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior.

9. NR: Gull :"Yesterday I saw a large fish stranded on the beach, half-eaten by gulls, ..." (EVSLIN 135) Def: "a long-winged, web-footed seabird"

10. SC: frisking: "The dolphin swam away with Arion on his back, the other dolphines **frisking** about, dancing on the water, as Arom played."(Evslin 104) Def: "dance in a lively way."(MW)

11. SC: captive: "Why have you taken us **captive**, O King?" (Evslin 104) Def: "taken and held as or as if a prisoner of war." (MW)

12. BQW: Partridge: "But athene who had heard the first words of the boy's prayer, caught him in mid-air, and turned him into a partridge."(Evslin 136) Def: "birds with variegated plumage that are often hunted as game."(MW)

13. BQW: Trembled: "The old man trembled." (Evslin 137) Def: "to shake involuntarily."(MW)

14. AL: Wastrel: "This is an evil thing, oh **wastrel** god, for only kings should have gold; only rich know what to do with it. (138) Def: "one who expends resources foolishly and self-indulgently.

15. AL: Horrid: "They're **horrid** and sharp and I can't smell them anymore. Def: "innately offensive or repulsive."

16. TR: Scabbard:"drawing it from a **scabbard."** Def:' a sheath for a sword, dagger."

17.TS: Sophisticated:'' And I took you for a sophisticated man.``(137) DEF:highly complicated or developed

18.TS: Vengeance:'' But Aphrodite had heard, and she planned a great vengeance``.(138) DEF:Harm or humiliation on someone Week 3 - Greek Myths - 1.SC: precocious: "Young gods were often **precocious**, but no one so much as Heremes, five minutes after his birth." (Evslin 43) Def: "early in development or occurrence (MW)."

2.SFF: frightened- "At first men were **frightened** by the gift.(Evslin 57) Def:" to make afraid ."(MW) 2.SFF: decree-My rages are not to be assuaged, nor my decrees nullified.(P79) Def;"an order usually having the force of law.(MW)

3. KT: Aptitude: "An **aptitude** for admiring our power, being puzzled by our riddles and amazed by our caprice." (Evslin 56) Def. : "A natural ability." (MW)

4. TR:Perhaps: "**Perhaps** Hermes is waiting for me to open the box and see what is inside an be delighted and thank him." Def:"possibly but not certainly." (MW)

5. AQL: awaited-- His mother hera, had awaited him with great eagerness......(P48) Def: to wait for sb/sth (dictionary)

6. AQL: enchanted-- Apollo was enchanted with the trade. (P45) Def: to attract sb strongly and make them feel very interested and excited (dictionary)

7.BQW: Splendid: "He was a splendid glossy tortoise with a beautiful black and green shell."(pg 39) Def: "marked by showy magnificence." (MW)

8. BQW: Embark: "But the ferryman, Charon, huge and swart and scowling, stopped Orpheus when he tried to embark."(page 78) Def: "to go on board a vehicle for transportation."(MW)

9. TR: Chariot: " Each morning he hitches up his horses and drives the golden chariot of the sun across the sky." Def: "a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle car of ancient times used also in processions and races." (pg64)

10. NR: Cliff: "...two boys were racing along the edge of a cliff that hung over a deep blue sea" (pg 63) Def: "a steep rock face, at the edge of the sea"

11. NR: marrow: "...he felt the marrow of his bones freezing" (pg 72) Def: "a soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones"

12. SC: spurt: "Then the yellow haired one **spurted** ahead and won the race."(Evslin 63) Def: "to gush forth" (MW)

13. AQL: abruptly:"He turned **abruptly** and set off across the filed."(Pg 77) Def:"sudden and unexpected, often in an unpleasent way."

14:AQL:crevasse:"The bright vapor blew away in the fresh current of air that blew through the **crevasse** from upper world."(Pg83) Def::"a deep open crack, especially in ice, for examplein a GLACIER"

15. AL: Billowing: "Now the water began to stream- great **billowing** clouds of stream as the water boiled. Def:"to rise or roll in waves or surges."(Pg 72)

16. AL: hurled: "He stood up, drew back his arm, and **hurled** a thunderbolt." Def: "to throw down with violence." (Pg 78)

17.TS:Eloquence:''But I, even I of such dour repute, can be touched by eloquence.``(81) Def:discourse marked by force and persuasiveness(MW)

18.TS:Disastrous:'' A disastrous precedent.``(80) Def:causing suffering or disaster(MW) Week 2 - Greek Myths -

1. KY: quarrel: "When hero confronts monster in these myths it is apt to be a family **quarrel**" (Evslin ix). Def: " a ground of dispute or complaint (MW)."

2. SC: strolling: "Zeus was **strolling** on Olympus one morning and noticed a new maiden walkin gin his garden."(Evslin 8). Def: "to go place to place(MW)."

3.TR.:Thwarting: " She hate Ares and took great pleasure in **thwarting** him on the field of battle." (Evslin) Def:"To oppose successfully."

4. AL: Scoundrel: "if I suffer then everyone else shall suffer too. For the months that you spend with that **scoundrel,** no grass will grow, no flowers blow, no trees will bear." Def:"a disreputable person (MW)."

5. KT: Lidless: "He was very deft and good company too, although she noticed that his eyes were a bit **lidless**." (Evslin 28) Def. : "Having no lid" (MW)

6. KT: Miser: "It was Charon who rowed the boat; he was a **miser**." (Evslin 19) Def. : "A mean grasping person; especially : one who is extremely stingy with money" (MW)

7.BQW: Grudges: "He did bear grudges; but he could be pleased, and then his smile was radiant"(Evslin) Def: to be unwilling to give or admit **:** give or allow reluctantly or resentfully.(MW)

8.BQW: realm: "And she realized that Hades, who in his deep realms held all stores of slivers and gold." Def: Domain(MW)

9. AL: Implacable: "She didn't know what to do -he was huge, so **implacable**, so persistent." Def: "not capable of being appeased."(MW)

14.TR: Trident: "Earth-shaking Poseidon swung is mighty **trident** to clear a space about himself."(pg 51)
Def: "pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god."(MW)

15.SC: Exquisitely: "They played **exquisitely**; the Muses could not choose between them."(Evslin 37) Def: "carefully selected."(MW)

9.TS: Concocted: '' concocted the science of numbers and taught it to man-but never to woman``. Def:to prepare by combing raw materials. (MW)

10.TS:Dispersed:''Athene came down from the hill and spoke no word to the people, who dispersed``. Def:To cause to spread widely

11.SFF: Jealous- But, like other gods, she was also very jealous.( book 10) Def:" intolerant of rivalry or unfaithfulness."(MW)

12.SFF：Spawned- In Greek mythology heros and monsters alike are spawned by the gods.( Introduction) Def: "to produce young especially in large numbers"(MW)

14.TR: Trident: "Earth-shaking Poseidon swung is mighty **trident** to clear a space about himself."(pg 51)
Def: "pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god."(MW)

=__**Week 1 - Brave New World**__= example:

1. KY: conditioning - "The Central London Hatchery and **Conditioning** Centre (Huxley 1)." Def: **"**a simple form of learning involving the formation, strengthening, or weakening of an association between a stimulus and a response (MW)."

2. KY: mesa - "The **mesa** was like a ship becalmed in a strait of lion-coloured dust (Huxley 107)." Def: "an isolated relatively flat-topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau (MW)."

3. BQ: demijohns- "Near them three red ghosts were busily unloading **demijohns** from a moving staircase(PDF Huxley 5)." Def: "a large narrow-necked bottle usually enclosed in wickerwork(MW)."

4. BQ: //mescal- "//Only a drink of **//mescal//** every now and then, when Popé used to bring it (PDF Huxley 52)." Def: "a usually colorless Mexican liquor distilled especially from the central leaves of maguey plants (MW)."

3.TS:-Asunder-What man has joined,nature is powerless to put ASUNDER(Huxley 22).`` Def:''apart or widely separated: as wide asunder as the polar regions.(Dictionary.com)

4.TS:- Exquisite-EXQUISITE little creature(Huxley 32) Def:''of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealingexcellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry. (Dictionary.com)

5.SFF:Glared- ﻿Cold for all the summer beyond the panes, for all the tropical heat of the room itself, a harsh thin

light glared through the windows, hungrily seeking some draped lay figure, some

pallid shape of academic goose-flesh, but finding only the glass and nickel and

bleakly shining porcelain of a laboratory. Wintriness responded to wintriness(PDF 1) Def: "to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light"(MW)

6.SFF: Escalator- The escalator from the Social Predestination Room.(PDF 5) Def: "a power-driven set of stairs arranged like an endless belt that ascend or descend continuously"(MW)

7.SMY:Swallow -Tn the end she persuaded him to swallow four tablets of soma.(book P104) Def : "to take through the mouth and esophagus into the stomach"(MW)

8.SMY: Acquaintance-He liked bernard; he was grateful to him for being the only man of his acquaintance with whom he could talk about the subjects he felt to be important. Def: " personal knowledge"(MW)

9.XZH（Mike）Stereoscopic-the last stereoscopic kiss faded into darkness, the last electric titillation died on the lips like a dying moth that quivers, quivers, ever more feebly, ever more faintly, and at last is quiet, quite still. Def of or relating to [|stereoscopy] or the [|stereoscope](MW)

10XZH(mike) bluish-Looking down through the window in the fioor, the Savage could see Lenina's upturned face, pale in the bluish light of the lamps. Def somewhat blue **:** having a tinge of blue(MW)

9.BA: incriminate-We're stopped and searched occasionly, but there's nothing on our persons to **incriminate** us. (FAHRENHEIT451 P152) Def: " to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault. "(MW)

10.BA: recite-And when the world's over, someday, some year, the books can be written again, the people will be called in one by one, to **recite** what they know and we'll set it up in tyoe until anoter Dark Age, when we might have to do the whole damn thing over again. (FAHRENHEIT451 P153) Def: "to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly." (MW)

12.SMY:Apparently-Apparently, for going on walks in the lake district(book 89) Def: **:** "it seems [|apparent] <//apparently//, we're supposed to wait here" (MW)

13.SMY: surrogate-Alcohol in his b lood-surrogate(BOOK 88) Def:" to put in the place of another"(MW)