Vocabulary Embodies Conveys the impression of represents She most embodies Helen of Troy Odyssey Extended journey marked by wandering adventure and change of fortune Your father is on his own odyssey ID: 509007
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“Helen on eighty-sixth street”
Vocabulary Slide2
Embodies
* Conveys the impression of; represents
“She most embodies Helen of Troy.”Slide3
Odyssey
Extended journey marked by wandering, adventure, and change of fortune.
“Your father is on his own odyssey.”Slide4
Litany
Repetitive prayer
“I say them over and over out loud until they blur into a litany.”Slide5
Incantation
Chant of words or phrases that is meant to produce a magical result.
“my own incantation became:”Slide6
Stifled
Smothered
“Old Farfel didn’t give that stifled laugh of his.”Slide7
Scourge
Cause of serious trouble or great suffering.
“I have become hated Helen, scourge of Troy.”