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 – noun a clear purple or bluish violet variety of crystallized quartz I 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)