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odyssey vocab list 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| talon | the claw of a bird of prey |
| suitor | a man who is proposing marriage |
| ardor | fiery intensity feeling |
| tumult | noise, uproar, commotion |
| travail | labor, hardship |
| adversary | an opponent, enemy |
| contend | to fight, compete |
| libation | the pouring of a liquid offering as a religious ritual |
| revelry | boisterous merrymaking |
| valor | courage and boldness, as in battle; bravery |
| rogue | an unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; rascal |
| squall | a belief, sudden, violent, windstorm |
| victuals | food; supplies |
| maelstrom | great whirlpool, violent emotions |
| maudlin | effusively or tearfully sentimental often due to drunkenness |
| guile | trickery, dishonesty, craftiness |
| titanic | having great stature or enormous strength; huge or colossal |
| formidable | arousing fear, dread, or alarm |
| prodigious | impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous |
| insidious | intended to trap; treacherous |