Ms. Gokturk
Mythology
Vocabulary from the Underworld
(from
Dictionary.com)
a wasting away of the body
or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage. 2. degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse: He argued that
there was a progressive atrophy of freedom and
independence of thought.
a formidable and often surly keeper
or guard.
(usually
used ironically) any ferryman.
a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal
ear in humans and in most other mammals.
blissful;
delightful.
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion,
or the like: The gods unleashed their fury on the
offending mortal. 2. violence; vehemence; fierceness: the fury of a
hurricane; a fury of creative energy.
a fierce and violent person, especially
a woman: She
became a fury when she felt she was unjustly accused.
–noun 1. Geology . the angle between a fault plane and the vertical,
measured perpendicular to the strike of the fault; complement of the dip. 2. Mining . the inclination of a vein or seam from the vertical
1. to put in the
hypnotic state. 2. to influence, control, or direct completely, as by personal
charm, words, or domination: The speaker hypnotized the audience with his powerful
personality.
3. to frighten or startle so that movement is impossible: The headlights
hypnotized the deer and it just stood staring at the oncoming car.
–noun inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty
in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
1. the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and
unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity. 2. Pathology . an abnormal state or disorder characterized by overpowering
drowsiness or sleep.
a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies
of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1
9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most
important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and
crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
1. something that a person cannot conquer, achieve,
etc.: The
performance test proved to be my nemesis. 2. an opponent or rival whom a person cannot
best or overcome. 4.
an agent or act of
retribution or punishment.
not easily excited to action or display of emotion;
apathetic; sluggish.
Geology . any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's
surface.
a transuranic element with a
fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced
from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic
number: 94.
1. of or pertaining to Sisyphus.
2. endless and unavailing, as labor or a task.
1. sleepy;
drowsy. 2. tending to cause sleep.
to torment with, or as if with, the sight
of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are
repeatedly disappointed.