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Odyssey Unit Test
Odyssey vocab lists 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| impalpable | describes unable to be understood by the human mind |
| bereft | describes deprived |
| rite | is a ceremonial act common for religous practices |
| avowal | is a frank or open statement of affirmation |
| ravage | to work havoc/damage |
| incur | to come into; acquire something not good |
| harbor | to give shelter to; hide |
| uncouth | describes impolite or awkward |
| lavish | describes occurring in abundance |
| brash | describes hasty or rude |
| mete | to distribute by measure; dole out |
| infused | to introduce; add into |
| averse | describes being strongly opposed to |
| ravenously | describes going forth famished or hungry |
| formidable | describes causing fear |
| contending | to struggle in rivalry |
| stronghold | is a fortress |
| guile | is trickery because of your intelect |
| prudence | is showing good judgement |
| ambrosial | describes pleasing to taste or smell |
| adversity | is a time of hardship/misfortune |
| supplication | is a humble prayer |
| brine | is water saturated with salt |
| errant | describes deviating from the path |
| mandate | is an authorzation to act in a certain way |
| wanton | is a permiscuous person |
| lucid | describes easy to understand |
| insolence | is rude behavior or speech |
| sage | is a wise person |
| plunder | to rob of goods using open force |
| pyre | is a pile of wood used for burning corpse |
| relish | to savour |
| abominably | describes doing something in a hateful manner |
| promontory | a high point of land projecting into the sea |
| gullet | is the throat |
| maelstrom | is a large violent whirlpool |
| ardor | is a great passion |
| founder | to fill with water and sink |
| cauldron | is a large kettle |
| candor | is the state of being open or sincere (speech) |
| lithe | describes flexible (body) |
| incredulity | is disbelief |
| chastise | to discipline or criticize severely (critics) |
| laden | describes burdened; loaded down |
| maudlin | describes weakly emotional (mom) |
| disdainful | describes scornful or showing depise |
| revelry | is boisterous festivity |
| restitution | is reperations; equal compensation for loss |
| glower | to stare at with dislike |
| aegis | is the sheild of Zeus |
| invocation | is the act of calling upon a spirit or god |
| valor | is courage |
| nymph | are beautiful maidens in nature in mythology |
| bier | is the frame the coffin is laid on before burial |
| limpid | clear or transparent |
| beholden | describes obligated |
| avenge | to take vengence or revenge |
| rapt | describes deeply engrossed or absorbed (listener) |
| implacable | describes not able to be pleased, mollified, pacified |
| atone | to make amends for an offense or crime (sins) |
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AllisonMoltz
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