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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 = BS: Dwindling: And Midas felt his long hairy ears dwindling back to normal. Dwindling: "To become steadily less."(MW)

BS: Tresses: Weave your amorous spell, plaiting it into the tresses of one of the maidens, making it a snare for his wil loneliness. Tresses: "A long lock of hair." (MW)

SMY:hesitation-Without a moment`s hesitation.(163) DEF:an act or instance of hesitating(mw)

SMY:chamber-I will also lead you around the central chamber where the Minotaur is and lead you out again.(164) DEF:a natural or artificial enclosed space or cavity(mw)

MM: Uttered- "After a while these words of complaint, uttered each dawn, came to Apollo, and he was angry." (Page 192) Def: to give public expression to; express in words (MW) Traitor: "You, Apollo, false god, traitor!" (Page 193) Def: one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty (MW)

JD: "Father, i grow weary of this maze. Let us leave this place and go to places i have not seen."(PG.140) Df: expressing or characteristic of weariness(MW)

JD: "In fact, i intend to imitate your career."(Pg.160) Df: to follow as a pattern, model, or example(MW)

Zhiheng xu pediment "she was trying to leap from the pediment" Def 1

**:** a triangular space that forms the gable of a low-pitched roof and that is usually filled with relief sculpture in classical architecture; //also// **:** a similar form used as a decoration

2 **:** a broad gently sloping bedrock surface with low relief that is situated at the base of a steeper slope and is usually thinly covered with alluvial gravel and sand

Zhiheng xu aspiraion " I could pin my highest aspiration on any but the most perfect face and form" Def //a// **:** audible breath that accompanies or comprises a speech sound //b// **:** the pronunciation or addition of an aspiration;

DT:sheave "How dare you ride so unthriftilyin your sun - chariot scattering golden **sheave**s of light on rich and poor alike - on king and peasant, on merchant, **shepherd**, warrior?" shepherd Def: sheave: a grooved wheel or pulley shepherd: a person whose job is to take care of sheep

SMY：pediment-He stepped off the pediment, holding her hand.(204) def：a triangular space that forms the gable of a low-pitched roof and that is usually filled with relief sculpture in classical architecture; //also// **:** a similar form used as a decoration（MW）

SMY：acquaint-Pygmalion, being an artist, was acquainted with the terrible reality of dreams and knew that the matter was serious, that he was being threatened.(199) def:to cause to know personally <was //acquaint////ed// with the mayor(MW)

IR:Coaxing: The queen kept coaxing Daedalus to tell he had really left athens for she sensed a secret Def :To influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering

IR:Merit: I have long been considering your case and you have been weighing how to reward you according to your merit. Def:Reward or punishment due

BS: Guise: "He was not aware that this was a matter of heredity, that his mother, europa, had been courted by zeus who had assumed the guise of a white bull for the occasion." Guise: "A form or style of dress" (MW)

BS: Indulge: "And,since he was in a position to indulge his preferences, he sent through all the world all the world for the most splendid bull he had ever seen." Indulge: "to give free rein to." (MW)

SMY;obedience-The gods, being all-powerful, need a more subtle praise than obedience.（P134) def:an act or instance of obeying （mw）

SMY:cunningly-He became very fond of the girls and made them marvelous jointed wooden dolls with springs cunningly set and coiled so that they curtsied and danced and winked their eyes.(p137) DEF: displaying keen insight (MW)

DT: merit "I have long been considering your case and have been weighing how to reward you according to your **merit**." Def: a good quality or feature that deserves to be praised (MW) stupefied: "As they fell away and drifted slowly down, he gazed at them, **stupefied**." Def: to shock or surprise (someone) very much (MW)

IZ: splendid: "See, how **splendid**! " (P135) def: shining or brillant (MW)

IZ: withdrew: " She then **withdrew** her favor from Daedalus." (P136) def: to take back or away, remove (MW)

Ian Merit - the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward

Ian Marble - a hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with mottlings or streaks of color, that is capable of taking a polish and is used in sculpture and architecture.

__**Week 3 - More Greek Myths**__
SMY:snatched-Fearful at having been snatched away from their own gardens, they were re-lieved to find themselves.(p98) def:to attempt to seize something suddenly(MW)

SMY:obediently- Obediently, Eros flew down to the castle.(p92) DEF:submissive to the restraint or command of authority **:** willing to obey(MW)

BS: They whinnied angrily and tossed their heads. Whinnied: "To neigh especially in a low or gentle way." (MW) BS: "This one stroke of uique mercy will illumine like a lightning flash the caverns of your dread decree. "To illuminate." (MW)

Zhiheng xu carpet " over the wall flew the carpet: Def a heavy often tufted fabric used as a floor covering; //also// **:** a floor covering made of this fabric (MW)

Zhiheng xu scorch "scorch the poor earth to a cinder" Def **:** to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture (MW)

DT: **zodiac** **throne** : "And it was then, at this hour, that Apollo sat on his **throne**, wearing a purple cloak embroidered with the golden signs of the **zodiac** ." def: zodiac: a cyclic course (MW) throne: the chair of state of a sovereign or high dignitary (as a bishop) (MW)

MM: Penalty: "Do you not know, Prometheus, that every gift brings a penalty?" (Page 56) Def: the suffering or the sum to be forfeited to which a person agrees to be subjected in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations (MW) Splendid: "If the box is so rich, the gift inside must be even more splendid- for that is the way of the gifts." (Page 60) Def: marked by showy magnificence (MW)

SMY:Advocate-Especially when it attracts such unlikely advocates.(p81) Def:one that defends or maintains a cause or proposal(mw)

SMY:Torments-For i will not leave without her - not for all the torments that can be devised.(80) DEF: the infliction of torture (as by rack or wheel) (mw)

1. IR : Caprice:An aptitude for admiring our power being puzzled by our riddles by our riddles and by our caprice. Def: A sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action

2. IR: Lanced: But the sunlight lanced through the window Def:To move forward quickly

3. BS: Lyre: Apollo taught her to sing and play the lyre. Definition: "A string instrument of the harp." (MW)

4. BS: Aptitude: An aptitude for admiring our power, being puzzled by our riddles and amazed by our caprice. Definition: "Inclination, tendency." (MW)

SMY:winking- But the sunlight lanced through the window, and the box sparkled and seemed to be winking at her.(P60) Def: to shut one eye briefly as a signal or in teasing (MW)

SMY: aptitude-An aptitude for admiring o ur power, being puzzled by our riddles and amazed by our caprice. (P56) DEF: capacity for learning  (mw)

JD:"She flung a curse" Def: A prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon one(MW)

JD:"So he gave him into the care of Chiron, the centaur, the fabulous tutor." Def: Resembling or suggesting a fable **:** of an incredible, astonishing, or exaggerated nature(MW)

MM: Fates: "I know that I am ugly, Mother," he said, "but the **fates** would have it so." Page 49 Definition: the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do (MW) Claims: "The gods closed around her, shouting promises, pressing their **claims** ." Page 51 Definition: "﻿ to ask for especially as a right" (MW)

DT: **tadpole** : "And there he sank like a stone, and was caught by the playful Thetis, a naiad, who thought he was a **tadpole** ." (page 49) def : a larval amphibian (MW) **fluid** : "I offer you riches that the earth does not know - power more subtle, more **fluid** than the dull fixed land." (page 52) def : liquid (MW)

SMY: SIFTED-HERE THE SUN SIFTED THROUGH THE TREES AND STRIPED THE GRASS WITH SHADOWS.(hero p31) DEF: to put through a sieve(mw)

**SMY:whispered- she kissed him and whispered her thanks into his ear and then went running off to choose her gifts.（herop33）** **def:** to speak softly with little or no vibration of the vocal cords especially to avoid being overheard （mw）

IZ: penalty: " Do you know, Prometheus, that every gift brings a **penalty**? " (P 56) def:the suffering in person, rights, or property that is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime or public offense.(MW)

IZ: speculations: " Go now and trouble me no more with your **speculations**." (P57)  def: a n act or instance of meditating on or pondering a subject. (MW) IZ: unconscious: " They flew down among the howling of wolves, among burning eyes set in a circle about the **unconscious** boy."(p66) def:not knowing or perceiving ,not aware.(MW)

IZ: assuage: " My rages are not to be **assuaged**." (P70) def: to lessen the intensity of something that pains or distresses(MW)

Zhiheng xu Mike capricebeing "puzzled by our riddles and amazed by our caprice."Def a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated [|notion] or action

Zhiheng xu Mike rage Zeus was full of rageDef violent and uncontrolled anger

Ian Caucasus drag him off the Caucasus def a mountainous region in southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia that lies between the Black and Caspian seas in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and southeastern Russia.

Ian clay def a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish-gray in color and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil

Ian coax persuade (someone) gradually or by flattery to do something

Ian decree an official order issued by a legal authority.

=__**Week 2 - Greek Myths**__=

**MM:** ** Commonwealth: "The earth was held as a commonwealth and left to the goddess to manage" Page 16 Paragraph 1 ** ** Def: one in which supreme authority is vested in the people. (MW) **

**Nymph: "Zeus pursued a nymph named Leo." Page 30 First Sentence** **Def: any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forests, trees, and waters. (MW) **

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)."

1. BS: Concocted: "She concocted the science of numbers and taught it the the man-" Def. "to prepare by combining raw materials (MW).

2. BS: "Perhaps she was the best loved in the pantheon." Def. "A temple dedicated to all gods (MW)."

3. IR: Quail: Zeus pursied a nymph named leto. But Hera was watching, so he changed Leto into a quail ,and then himself into a quail, and they met in a glade. Def : A small, short-tailed Old World game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage

4. IR: Commerce: Hermes became patron of liars and thieves and gamblers, god of commerce, framer of treaties, and guardian of travelers Hades became his client too and called upon him to usher the newly dead from earth to Tartarus Def :The activity of buying and selling, esp. on a large scale

5:JD:Nymphs: "He liked to startle nymphs with monsters." Def: any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forests, trees, and waters(MW)

6:JD: Gloated: "He was fiercely possessive, gloated over every new arrival, and demanded a headcount from Charon at the close of each day." Def: to look or glance admiringly or amorously(MW)

7.Zhiheng Mike Twist"evil is the same energy, twisted" Def //a// **:** to unite by winding  //b// **:** to make by [|twisting] strands together  //c// **:** to mingle by interlacing (MW)

8 Zhiheng xu Mike spawn "heroes and monsters alike are spawned by gods." Def to produce young especially in large numbers(MW)

9. DT: Loathsome: Swollen and dropsical with pride, building something so **loathsome** he had to look away while he was making it - page 13 Def: causing feelings of hatred or disgust (MW) Suicide: They enriched his kingdom, for their attentions persuadeed people to **suicide** - page 21 Def: the act of killing yourself because you do not want to continue living (MW)

10. Ian Lin She leaped from her chariot Chariot def : literary a stately or triumphal carriage.

11. Ian Lin a marvelously wrought zigzag lance of lightning Marvelous def : extremely good or pleasing; splendid

12.IZ**: i**nfidelities:"He angered her by is **infidelities**" Def: "marital unfaithfulness or an instance of it (MW)."

13.IZ: crafty:" The Titans were tall as trees, and old Cronos was a **craft**y leader " Def: "adept in the use of subtlety and cunning (MW)."

3.SMY: monarch- Secretly she gloated upon her power iver this most fearsome onarch. (book 27) Def: a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire: (MW)

4.SMY:desperate- He was desperate to please her.(book27) Def: having lost hope (MW)

Week 1 - Brave New World

example: 1. BS Epsilon- "All men are physico-chemically equal," said Henry sententiously. "Besides even Epsilons perform indispensable services." Even an Epsilon..."
 * Epsilon**- An arbitrarily small positive quantity in mathematical analysis.

2.BS Soma- "Soma was served with the coffee."
 * Soma-** An intoxicating juice from a plant of disputed identity that was used in ancient India as an offering to the gods and as a drink of immorality by worshipers in vedic ritual and worshipped in personified form as a god.

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)."

1.Jay:abnormalities - "how the eggs which it contained were inspected for **abnormalities**, counted and transferred to a porous receptacle"(chapter one) Def:"the quality or state of being abnormal(MW)"

2.Jay:viviparous - "Identical twins-but not in piddling twos and threes as in the old **viviparous** days, when an egg would sometimes accidentally divide;actually by dozens, by scores at a time"(chapter one) Def:"producing living young instead of eggs from within the body in the manner of nearly all mammals, many reptiles, and a few fishes(MW)"

1. yi : agonizing means - accompanied by, filled with, or resulting in __[|agony] __ or distress: Wespent an hour waiting to hear if the accident had beenserious or not.

2.yi : indefatigable means - adjective incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.

1. MB: Stability- Worlds State Motto, "Community, Identity, **Stability**." (Huxley 1) Def: "the quality of being stable and sometimes not changing; staying the same (MW)." In the book they want there society to be perfect and not change.

2. MB: Rejoice- "**Rejoice** and, in rejoicing, die !" (Huxley 82) Def: :to be glad; take delight: to rejoice in another's happiness (MW)."

1 chuangwei: paradoxically- " we check the normal growth and, **paradoxically** enough, the egg responds by budding" (Huxley 6) unusual; uncommon; irregular

2 chuangwei: axiomatic- " In the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as **axiomatic**, self-evident, utterly indisputable" (Huxley 40) aphoristic; postulational; self- evident

1.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)

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