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Odyssey Vocabulary 1

The Odyssey Book 9 Part One Vocabulary List One

TermDefinition
Enticing Attractive or tempting
Fawn A light yellowish-brown color
Contender Someone who will engage in a competition
Vile Extremely unpleasant
Foreboding Fearful apprehension
Stealth Cautious and surreptitious actions or movement
Dwindle Diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength
Epic A long film, book, or other work portraying heroic deeds and adventures or covering an extended amount of time.
Formidable Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.
Guile Sly or cunning intelligence
Victuals Food or provisions, typically as prepared for consumption
Archetype A very typical example of a certain person or thing.
Snare A thing likely to lure or tempt someone into harm or error
Epic Poem A poem typically derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
Epithet An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
Beguiling Charming or enchanting
Lurking To remain hidden, waiting to ambush someone or something.
Quest A long or arduous search for something.
Chide Scold or rebuck
Succumb Fail to resist
Entreat Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
Created by: alisynmarie
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