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7/8: Odyssey 1 Vocab

7/8: Odyssey Vocab 1

WordDefinition
diviner a person who divines; soothsayer; prophet
indignant feeling expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting
lofty extending high in the air
carven made for or formed by carving
comely pleasing in appearance; attractive
vittles food; edible provisions
brine sea or ocean
barren unproductive; unfruitful
abate to reduce in amount, degree, intensity
forthwith immediately; at once
nymph lesser deities of mythology
gallants brave, spirited, noble-minded
draughts game of checkers
relish liking or enjoyment of the taste of something
rabble a disorderly crowd; mob
orderlies attendants responsible for the maintenance of order and cleanliness
plight a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one
reproach blame conveyed in disapproval
barrow an ancient burial mound
anguish excruciating distress, suffering, or pain
lamentation the act of expressing grief
insufferable intolerable; unbearable
bridegroom a newly married man or a man about to be married
wits expression of connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure
heirloom a family possession handed down from generation to generation
luffer a ventilating tower as on the roof of a medieval building
minstrel a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument
distaff a staff with a cleft end for holding wool from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand
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