Vocab myths and symbols

Question 1

Parable

Answer 1

a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.

Question 2

Arbitrary

Answer 2

based on whim or personal preference, without reason or pattern; random

Question 3

Interpretive

Answer 3

of or relating to those arts that require an intermediary, as a performer, for realization, as in music or theater.

Question 4

Narrative

Answer 4

the art, technique, or process of narrating, or of telling a story

Question 5

Motif

Answer 5

a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work

Question 6

Legend

Answer 6

a non historical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical

Question 7

Problematic

Answer 7

of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable

Question 8

Denote

Answer 8

to be a mark or sign of; indicate

Question 9

Unspecified

Answer 9

not referred to or stated specifically

Question 10

Fictitious

Answer 10

of, relating to, or consisting of fiction; imaginatively produced or set forth; created by the imagination

Question 11

Entity

Answer 11

something that has a real existence; thing

Question 12

Explicit

Answer 12

fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal

Question 13

Culture

Answer 13

the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc

Question 14

Didactic

Answer 14

intended for instruction; instructive

Question 15

Malevolent

Answer 15

wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious

Question 16

Specify

Answer 16

to give a specific character to

Question 17

Replete

Answer 17

abundantly supplied or provided; filled

Question 18

Illustrative

Answer 18

serving to illustrate; explanatory

Question 19

Distortion

Answer 19

the state of being distorted or the relative degree or amount by which something is distorted or distorts

Question 20

Genealogy

Answer 20

a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.

Question 21

Subservient

Answer 21

serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate

Question 22

Traditional

Answer 22

of or relating to tradition

Question 23

Distinction

Answer 23

the recognizing or noting of differences; discrimination

Question 24

Clarify

Answer 24

to make clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity

Question 25

Pantheon

Answer 25

the gods of a particular mythology considered collectively