English myth vocab
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- impudence
- the quality of state of being disrespectful, audacity or nerve
- implacable
- not to be appeased, calmed, or soothed
- intrigue
- to arouse the interest, desire, or curiosity of
- rivalry
- one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess
- wit
- reasoning power, intelligence
- thwarting
- to run counter to so as to effectively oppose or baffle, to oppose successfully, to defeat the hopes or aspirations of
- adept
- very skilled, proficient, expert
- myth
- A traditional or legendary story that involves gods or heroes and explains a cultural practice or a natural phenomenon
- allies
- one that is associated with another as a helper
- gaped
- to stare with open mouth, as in wonder
- obliged
- to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity
- concocted
- to devise, make up, contrive or plan
- precocious
- exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age
- trough
- a long, narrow, open receptacle, usually boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals
- prudent
- wise or sensible in practical affairs
- firmament
- the vault or arch in the sky
- miser
- a person who live in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money
- appalled
- to fill with shock or dismay
- compassion
- sympathetic awareness of others' distress together with a desire to learn
- pageant
- a merer show, an ostentatious display, an elaborate colorful exhibition or spectacle often with music that consists of series of scenes, of a loosely unified drama, or of a precession usually with floats.
- gloated
- to feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure of self-satisfaction
- fierce
- menacingly wild, savage, or hostile
- impulsive
- acting momentairly
- discord
- lack of agreement or harmony
- brawny
- muscular, strong
- deposed
- to remove from a throne or other high position, to put down