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Set 4 HONORS Supplemental Vocabulary Words

Set 4 HONORS Supplemental Vocabulary Words. More Words From Myth. Mnemonic – adj (pronounced like KNEE-mon-ic). Memory assistance To spell environment correctly, use this mnemonic trick – there’s IRON in environment. From Mnemosyne , the Greek goddess of memory. Narcissism- noun.

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Set 4 HONORS Supplemental Vocabulary Words

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  1. Set 4 HONORS Supplemental Vocabulary Words More Words From Myth

  2. Mnemonic – adj(pronounced like KNEE-mon-ic) • Memory assistance • To spell environment correctly, use this mnemonic trick – there’s IRON in environment. • From Mnemosyne, the Greek goddess of memory

  3. Narcissism- noun • egoism, egocentrism (self-centered) • That girl has severe narcissism;she spends most of the day looking at herself in the mirror. • from Narcissus, a beautiful youth in Greek mythology who pines away for love of his own reflection and is turned into the narcissus flower (daffodil)

  4. Amethyst – nouna clear purple or bluish violet variety of crystallized quartzI have a lovely amethyst ring that I wear with purple outfits.Amethyst was a beautiful nymph changed into a gemstone to save her from Dionysus, who then gave the stone its purple to preserve the wearer from the effects of wine

  5. Somnambulate - verb • To walk while sleeping • My brother has been known to somnambulate, but he never remembers anything after sleepwalking. • From Somnus, the ancient Roman god of sleep

  6. Venerate - verb • to honor with a ritual act of devotion • Every year, to venerate my mother, I plant 500 spring-flowering bulbs. • From venus love; assoc. with Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty (the Greek Aphrodite)

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