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Odyssey Vocab
Vocab for the book the Odyssey by Homer
Question | Answer |
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A strong current of air | Gale |
To move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium | Waft |
Easily bent or flexed | Lithe |
To anchor | Moor |
Something that covers, screens, or guards | Shroud |
To oppose successfully; defeat the hopes or aspirations of | Thwart |
To make a start | Embark |
Disposed to or being in a state of rebellion | Mutinous |
A heap of the game killed in a hunt | Quarry |
An adult male red deer | Stag |
To hold spellbound | Enthrall |
A group of persons sharing a common characteristic or activity | Platoon |
To make the natural cry of a sheep or goat | Bleat |
In a body; as a whole | En Masse |
A tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds | Bard |
Of a wine; well aged and pleasingly mild | Mellow |
A state of vexation or irration, injury or wear cause by friction | Chafe |
A resting or sleeping place | Lair |
The rear end of a boat | Stern |
To give out by measure | Mete |
The watery part of milk | Whey |
An act of assembling | Muster |
Keenly alert, lively | Brisk |
Wholly unharmed; not injured | Unscathed |
A usually superior wine all or most of which comes from a single year | Vintage |
To pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness | Malinger |
An employee on a ship, airplane, bus, or train who manages the provisioning of food and attends passengers | Steward |
An act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice | Libation |
Any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology | Nymph |
Characteristic of an animal in quality, action, or instinct; purely physical | Brute |