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discordia

Adjective

1.     harsh or unpleasant in sound

2.     not agreeing: not in harmony

 

arch- initial, main, most important

Ex: archetype, archenemy

 

appropriation

Noun

1.     the act of taking something for your own use, usually without permission

 

gladiator

Noun

1.     in ancient Rome, a man who fought another man or an animal, usually until one of them died, for public entertainment

 

morg(t)- death

Ex: mortician, morgue, mortal, mortified

 

lame

Adjective

1.     not able to walk correctly because of physical injury to or weakness in the legs or feet

2.     = cripple

 

contextual clue: connected with a particular context

 

foreshadowing 埋伏筆

 

flashback 倒敘.追溯

 

lament 哀悼

 

fair

Adjective

美麗的,美好的

Ex: Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest girl on the world.

nymph

1.     (in ancient Greek and Roman traditional stories) a goddess or spirit in the form of a young woman, living in a           tree, river, mountain, etc.

 

水星: Mercury解作羅馬諸神之報信者。

金星: Venus乃羅馬神話中的愛美神。

地球: Earth

火星: Mars乃羅馬神話中的戰神。

木星: Jupiter乃解作羅馬神話中諸神之神。

土星: 以農神Saturn命名。

天王星: 希臘天神烏拉諾斯Uranus之名。

海王星: Neptune以希臘神話中海洋之神尼普頓命名。

冥王星: 以冥界之神Pluto命名。

 

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