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odyssey list 2 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contentious | quarrelsome, argumentative |
| embark | to go aboard a craft or vessel; to set out on a venture |
| smote | to inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand |
| conjure | to summon by magic or supernatural power |
| spar | to box, especially to make boxing motions without hitting |
| sustain | to keep in existence; maintain |
| muster | to call troops together, as for inspection, assemble, gather |
| shroud | to wrap or cover (a corpse) in burial clothing |
| cower | to tremble in fear |
| wane | to decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity or defree |
| plundered | took goods by force; looted |
| dispatched | finished quickly |
| assuage | calm; pacify |
| bereft | deprived |
| dissemble | conceal under a false appearance; disguise |
| incredulity | unwillingness of inability to believe |
| bemusing | stupefying or muddling |
| equity | fairness; justice |
| contempt | disdain or scorn |
| atone | to make amends for; to repent and ask for forgiveness |