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Odyssey Vocab
| Term | Definition | Synonyms | Antonyms |
|---|---|---|---|
| appalled | to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear | horrify dismay daunt | delights pleases |
| bemuse | 1. to bewilder or confuse 2. to absorb the attention of or to engross | bewilder confuse puzzle perplex engross | explain |
| bereft | to deprive and make desolate, especially by death | deprived bankrupt void | filled flush fraught replete |
| bier | a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid for burial | coffin casket box sarcophagus | |
| bilge | either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull | toolery | |
| brace | 1.anything that imparts rigidity or steadiness 2. two 3. to prepare yourself | stimulate vivify liven couple prepare | damp dull kill |
| blanch | to whiten by removing color | bleach whiten decolonize | darken deepen embroisn |
| contend | to strive in rivalry | fight compete struggle battle | agree |
| contentious | causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy | aggressive confrontational combative quarrelsome | peaceful non-rebellion uncontentious passive nonagressive |
| dispatched | 1. to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram,body of troops, etc. 2. to kill with quick efficiency | rapidity haste hurry consign ship finish slay | accept receive |
| dissemble | to give a false or misleading appearance to;conceal the truth or real nature | act affect pretend fake bluff mask camouflage | uncover show reveal stimulate |
| emboss | 1. to raise 2. to decorate | embellish bedeck | engrave deface mar |
| equity | the quality of being fair or impartial | fairness impartiality justice neutralism | bias favoritism partiality |
| formidable | 1. causing fear, apprehension, or dread 2. arousing feelings of awe or admiration because of strength | dreadful appaling threatening menacing fearful frightful alarming intimidation | calming comforting consoling |
| grapple | to hold or make fast to something as with a grapple | wrestle hassle scuffle | agree |
| entrails | the internal parts of a trunk of a body | intestines insides innards guts | |
| guile | insidious cunning in an attaining goal | trickery fraud craftiness devious cunning | sincerity |
| hale | free from disease or infirmity | sound healthy robust vigorous fit able-bodied | ill diseased |
| abyss | anything that appears to be endless or immeasurably deep, such as time, despair, or shame | abysm chasm deep pit gulf void | elevation |
| adz | a heavy hand tool with a steel cutting blade | ax hatchet | |
| implacable | not to be appeased or pacified | determined bullheaded adamant stubborn merciless dogged | amendable agreeable compliant acquiescent |
| implacable | not to be appeased or pacified | merciless adamant dogged determined stubborn bullheaded | amendable agreeable complaint |
| imprudence | the quality or state of being imprudent | rudeness impertinence sass insolence | civility courtesy |
| insidious | operating or proceeding in a seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effct | corrupting seducing treacherous subtle | harmless straight-forward blunt |
| mammoth | 1. the mammal 2. large | large huge enormous gigantic | |
| mortify | humiliate or shame as by injury to one's self pride or self-respect | humiliated shamed embarrassed | encourage comfort praise |
| maudlin | overly emotional | sappy slushy overemotional mawkish | apathetic aloof |
| muster | to gather, summon, rouse | convoke convene gathering assembly convention summon gather | |
| plunder | to rob of goods or valuables by open force | war raids rape ravage sack pillage steal loot | supply give |
| profusion | a great quantity or amount | copious bounty plenty abundance oodles | scarcity shortage |
| rebuke | to express sharp, stern disapproval | censure upbraid chide admonish scold reprimand reprieve | praise compliment |
| restitution | the restoration of property or rights previously taken away, conveyed, or surrendered | recompense restoration amends compensation requital satisfaction repayment | |
| runnel | a small channel as for water | stream brook rivet | ocean lake sea |
| ruse | meant to deceive to hide real purpose | trick deception | |
| shroud | cloth or sheet in which corpse is wrapped for variable | ||
| spume | to eject or discharge as or like foam or froth | spew discharge eject | bring suck |
| squall | a sudden disturbance or commotion | disturbance commotion | |
| suffice | enough or adequate for; satisfy | satisfy | |
| suppliant | expressive of petition as words, actions, etc. | petition | |
| throes | violent spasm or pang; sharp attack of emotion | spasm pang paroxysm | |
| tithe | any tax, levy, or the like especially of one-tenth | tax | |
| travail | pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship | torment agony | comfort |
| tripe | 1. stomach lining of and ox, cow, or other ruminant, prepared for cooking 2. informal something silly | silly rubbish | serious stern |
| hew | to make, shape, smooth, etc., with cutting blows | cut form chop fell | |
| hone | 1. a wet stone or fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools 2. to make more acute or effective |
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