| A | B |
|---|
| tedious | boring, monotonous |
| nestled | settled into a comfortable position |
| verdant | lush with green growth |
| shrilled | high pitched sound |
| auburn | dark, coppery red or reddish brown |
| insipid | dull, bland |
| dormant | inactive |
| punctilious | showing great care for small details |
| emulate | to try to equal or surpass someone or something |
| epic | a long work or heroic poetry |
| dactylic hexameter | a line of poetry with 6 measures with one long and two short syllables |
| epithet | short, repeated phrases in an epic story |
| formula | a repeated activity or routine event in an epic story |
| redunancies | restating words to fill the hexameter |
| invocation | beginning a work with a prayer to the gods |
| in medias res | in the middle of things |
| aristeia | the best things |
| catalogue | adding people, places, or things to a story to make it personal |
| epic simile | an extended comparison |
| exaggeration | making characters stronger, smarter, more talented than any real person could ever be |
