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22 Cards in this Set
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Atlas
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A book of maps, named for the mythical character who held up the heavens.
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Chronological
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Arrange din order of occurrence, from Zeus's father, whose name meant time
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Geography
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Study of continents, climates, plants, animals, etc, named for Gaea.
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Martial
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Warlike, derived from the name of the Roman god of war.
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Atrophy
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A wasting away or failure to grow, from Atropos, the Fate who decided how long each person's life should be.
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Cereal
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A kind of breakfast food, for the name of the Roman goddess of the harvest; also any kind of grain, such as wheat or rye.
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Arachnids
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Spiders, named for the maiden who challenged Athena to a weaving contest.
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Phobia
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An irrational and persistent fear, named for the god of fear.
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Panic
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A sudden fear, named for the god of the fields and the woods, who sometimes caused groundless fear among mortals.
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Pandemonium
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A scene of wild disorder, noise, and confusion, name of the god in 9.
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Pantheist
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A believer that god is everywhere, in everything, and that everything is good, named for the god in 9.
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Syringe
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A tube with a rubber bulb that draws and ejects liquid, named for the beloved of Pan, who was turned into a hollow reed.
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Plutonium
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A radioactive chemical element named for the god of the Underworld.
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Lethal
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Fatal, deadly, suggestive of death, from the river of forgetfulness in Hades.
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Cloth
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A term for fabrics, from the Fate who spun life's thread.
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Erotic
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Having to do with sexual love, taken from the Greek name of Cupid
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Odyssey
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An extended journey, from the name of a hero who wandered for many years.
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Junoesque
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Adjective meaning "stately and queen like," from the queen of the Roman gods.
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Herculean
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Difficult, requiring great strength or courage, from a mythical Greek strongman.
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Mercurial
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Quick-witted, changeable, fickle, as was the messenger of the gods.
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Jovian
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Majestic, from the name of the Roman king of the gods.
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Orpheum
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Name given to a music hall or theater, from the musician whose playing charmed Hades.
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