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Odyssey Definitions
Vocabulary Definitions of the Odyssey
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cowed | to destroy the resolve or courage of; also: to bring a state or an action by intimidation- used with into |
| Brusquely | markedly short and abrupt; blunt in manner or speech often in to the point of ungracious harshness |
| Codger | an often mildly eccentric and usually elderly fellow |
| Gallant | a young man of fashion |
| Foundered | to become disables; especially: to go lame; to come to grief: fail |
| Yarn | a continuous often plied strand composed of either natural or man- made fibers or filaments and used in weaving and knitting to form cloth |
| Paltry | inferior, trashy, mean, despicable |
| Irreproachable | blameless |
| Pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| Pondered | to think about: reflect on |
| Magnanimous | showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind |
| Dumbfounded | to confound briefly and usually with astonishment |
| Shirk | to go stealthily, secretly; to avoid the performance of an obligation |
| Berth | sufficient distance for maneuvering a ship; an amount of distance maintained for safety |
| Treacherous | someone likely to betray |
| Qualm | a sudden attack of illness |
| Vagrant | wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visable means of support |
| Coax | to encourage |
| Unguent | an anointment put on words |
| Raucous | rowdy or disorderly |
| Contrive | to plan, to invent, to plot |
| Deft | to be very skilled at |
| Evanescent | vanishing, fading away, fleeting |