Vocab 11-20

1. aloof - distant
2. crestfallen - sad, disappointed, upset
3. origin - beginning, where it starts
4. myth - made up story to explain something
5. origin myth - made up story meant to explain a beginning
6. archetype - when similar stories are found from culture to culture
7. Assimilation - to adapt and adjust to your surroundings
8. Stereotype - generalizations about groups of people
9. cyclical - when it goes around and around over and over
10. exacerbate - to add to, to multiply