Save
Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

The Odyssey 1-50

Odyssey Vocabulary 1-50

TermDefinition
Wiles tricks
Dicing gambling or throwing dice
Marauding plundering or attacking
Pensive consumed by thought; brooding
Augur a person who sees the future; a seer; a prophet
Stratagems elaborate or deceitful schemes intended to deceive
Lout an awkward, stupid person
Libations drink offerings in a religious ceremony
Lithe flexible; limber
Moor hold a ship in place with cables
Unremitting not stopping
Aegis shield
Vie compete
Connivance trick, secret plan, or deceit
Zealous devoted; enthusiastic
Trident a spear with three prongs
Grotto cave-like summer house
Citadel fortress; fortified city
Ambrosia the food of the gods
Halyard a rope for raising and lowering a sail
Skullduggery sneaky, dishonest behavior
Tutelary guardian or protective
Supplicant a person who prays
Insidiously craftily, slyly, subtly dangerous
Plied wielded or worked with
Palisades fence made of pointed stakes
Frieze a horizontal band often decorated with sculptures
Bequeath hand down by will; pass on
Propitious favorable; auspicious
Shambling shuffling, walking with a slow dragging motion
Sinewed fortified with muscles
Goad motivate with words; urge; prod
Forge a workplace where metal is heated and hammered
Combers long curling waves
Promontory a raised geological formation; cliff; headland; or cape
Adze an edged tool used to cut and shape wood
Formidable extremely impressive in strength and impressiveness
Zephyr the Greek god of the west; a warm westerly wind
Furrows grooves in the earth made by plows
Mandrake a plant whose root resembles a human figure and is often used in witchcraft
Sheathed enclosed in a protective covering
Pyre wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
Taut pulled or drawn tight
Stupefied mentally confused; bewildered
Guile the use of tricks to deceive
Stalwart hardy; sturdy; strong; robust
Pored directed one’s attention to something; concentrated on something
Wanton careless; unmotivated
Gulled made a fool of
Sulfurous stifling; hot; oppressive; yellowish; bad-smelling
Created by: mzshaw
Popular English Vocabulary sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards