7/8: Odyssey Vocab 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| volley | a number of bullets, arrows, or other projectiles discharged at one time
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| galley | a long rowboat used as a ship’s boat
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| hapless | (especially of a person) unfortunate
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| tempest | violently windy storm
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| tatters | irregularly torn pieces of cloth, paper, or other material
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| parliament | the members of a legislature for a particular period
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| toilsome | involving hard or tedious work
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| tillage | the preparation of land for growing crops
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| traverse | to pass or move over, along, or through
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| lawful | allowed or permitted by law
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| hawsers | a thick rope or cable for mooring or towing a ship
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| quarry | an animals or bird hunted or pursued
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| headland | a promontory extending into a large body of water
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| laurel | a large type of tree
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| reverence | a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe
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| cellarer | a person in a monastery or community who is responsible for supplying food and drink
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| abstainer | a person who abstains from something regarded as improper or unhealthy
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| provisions | the providing or supplying of something
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| haste | swiftness of motion; speed
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| foreboding | a prediction; a strong inner feeling of a future misfortune
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| savage | fierce, ferocious, or cruel
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| yeanling | the young of a sheep or goat
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| precipitous | extremely or impassably steep
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| curdled | to spoil; turn sour
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| due | something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone
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| moor | to secure in a particular place, as by cables and anchors
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| lee | protective shelter
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| draught | beer or wine stored in bulk
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| brooding | preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts
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| machinations | crafty schemes; plots
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| spar | a stout pole such as those used for masts
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| hoy | a heavy barge used in harbors
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| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet
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| rivulet | a small stream
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| gullet | the esophagus
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| auger | a tool that makes or enlarges a hole
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| adze | an ax-like tool for dressing timbers roughly
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| perdition | a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation
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| withies | a pliable branch or twig
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| cumbered | to hinder; hamper
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| fuddled | to muddle or confuse
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| consolation | the act of lessening the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of
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| lamented | mourned for, as a person who is dead
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| scruple | a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force
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| beseech | to ask someone urgently and fervently to do something
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| tribulation | A cause of great trouble or suffering.
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| fettle | trim or clean the rough edges of
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