| A | B |
|---|
| odyssey | a quest |
| museum | an exhibition dedicaated to art |
| anthropomorthic | human caracteristics to non-human things |
| hubris | overbearing pride; arrogence |
| omniscient | knowing all things |
| omnipresent | present everywhere at once |
| mentor | a trusted counselor or guide |
| chaos | complete disorder/confusion |
| music | combining tunes into a structured composition |
| atlas | a book of maps |
| herculean | strong |
| mercurial | quick to change |
| cereal | a breakfast made from grain |
| martial | war like |
| volcano | a mountain where molten lava rises |
| titanic | big |
| chronology | arangement of events in the order of time that they occured |
| jovial | happy |
| panic | frenzy |
| mythology | all of the Greek gods/godesses/stories combined into one body |
| foil | an opposite |
| theme | the main idea |
| comedy | an amazing show, play, or book having a happy ending |
| symbol | an object representing something else |
| vicissitudes | unexpected shifts |
| unaffected | not changed |
| somnolence | the quality or state of being drowsy |
| wakefulness | the state or being awake |
| clamor | uproar |
| simpleton | fool |
| bewildered | confused by excess information |
| patronizingly | to treat in a condensing manner |
| apothecary | pharmasist |
| solicitude | the state of being anxious |
| extemporaneous | impromptu |
| unaccountably | cannot be explained |
| pliancy | the state of flexibility |
| rapture | the state of ecstasy |
| furlough | a leave of absence esp. from the army |
| melancholy | saddness and depression of spirits |
| toady | to flatter |
| pious | devout |
| subjugated | conquered |
| solemnity | serriosness |
| fleeting | passing quickly |
| semblance | showy/ likeness |
| autoritative | characterized by absolute obedience to authority |
| indulgently | kindly of leniantly |
| avid | greedy |
| solidarity | unity |
| anguish | mental or physical pain |
| blasphemy | profanity toward God |
| defiance | going against authority |
| supress | to keep from being known, to hold back |
| compulsory | required |
| pungent | sharp sensation taste or smell |
| solcitious | showing care or concern |
| strident | harsh/ shrill/ grating |
| meek | patient and mild |
| menancing | threatening |
| rumaged | to search throughlly |
| cryptic | hidden/ mysterious |
| sheen | brightness/ luster |
| oblivious | forgetfull |
| deftly | skillfully |
| insidious | treachery or slyness |
| falling action/ denoument | the action occuring after the climax |
| resolution | the conclusion |
| rising action | the part of the story building up to the climax |
| climax | the turning point/ the point of greatess intense |
| exposition | the intro. to the story, tells about characters/ setting/ pov |
| flashback | a halt in the story going back to a prior event |
| p.o.v. | the relationship between the narrator of the story and the characters in it |
| allegory | something w/ great symbolic meaning |
| allusion | a reference back to another literary work |
| triggering action | the part of the story where the readers attention is grabbed |
| vignette | a literary sketch |
| episodic | occuring in occasions |
| foreshadowing | hints of the future |
| irony | contrast between what seems to be real and what really is |
