Words from the Olympic Myth
- exquisite: extremely beautiful and delicate. "Her wedding dress was exquisite."
- embroidered: decorated with patterns sewn in thread. "The sleeves were embroidered in gold."
- stew: meat or vegetables cooked slowly in liquid. "We had chicken stew for lunch."
- furious: extremely angry. "She was furious at being cheated."
- sacrifice: killing a person or animal as an offering to a god.
- underworld: in myths, the place under the earth where the dead go.
- inherit: to receive property or a title from someone after they die. "The prince inherited the throne."
- woo: to try to win someone's love in order to marry them.
- countered: replied to a remark by saying something against it.
- dreamily: in a way that shows you are lost in pleasant thoughts.
- steed: an old or poetic word for a horse.
- mounted: got up onto a horse, a bicycle or a chariot.
- galloped: ran at full speed, used of horses.
- lush: thick, green and full of healthy plants. "the lush green countryside"
- decreed: officially ordered that something must happen.
- archaeologist: a person who studies the past by digging up old objects and places.
- rejoicing: great happiness shown by many people together.
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