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The Odyssey
Vocabulary Last 51
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Thwarts | braces that run across a boat |
| Cleaved | separated or cut |
| Consummate | having extreme mastery or skill |
| Diadem | a jeweled headdress or crown |
| Concubine | a woman who has a long-term extramarital affair with a man |
| Pretext | a made up reason offered to disguise true intention |
| Squalid | foul; run down; repulsive |
| Chine | a cut of meat including part of the backbone |
| Consign | give over for safekeeping |
| Brazen | made of brass |
| Imperious | masterful; domineering; authoritative |
| Dearth | a small amount; an acute insufficiency |
| Fawned | showed submission or exhibited affection |
| Incites | a provokes; stirs up; instigates; sets off |
| Squires | a knight’s attendants |
| Leagued | joined or worked with |
| Grub | ask for and get for free; sponge |
| Suckling | a young mammal that has not been weaned |
| Bludgeon | strike with a club |
| Vaunts | boasts; self-praises |
| Glib | superficial; lacking in depth |
| Befuddled | drunk with alcohol; stupefied |
| Brooches | decorative pins worn by women |
| Faggots | bundles of sticks tied together |
| Retainer | a person working in the service of another; servant |
| Embossed | decorated with a raised pattern |
| Ogle | stare lustfully; gaze amorously |
| Malediction | a curse that invokes evil upon another person |
| Burnished | polished; bright; shiny |
| Abominable | detestable; awful; dreadful; displeasing |
| Reverie | daydream or imaginative thought |
| Marrow | the connective tissue inside bones |
| Swink | labor; toil; hard physical work |
| Colonnade | a structure composed of arches supported by columns |
| Dauntless | brave; fearless; intrepid |
| Brood | the offspring of an animal; a group of animals |
| Eminent | distinguished; important; superior |
| Brouhaha | an uproar; hubbub; or disturbance |
| Evicted | expelled from one’s home or property |
| Clattering | a loud rattling sound of hard things struck together |
| Resistless | overpowering; unrelenting |
| Fanfaronades | groundless boasts or braggings |
| Exult | feel extreme happiness |
| Jubilant | rejoicing with delight |
| Insolence | a rude, disrespectful act |
| Hades | the god of the underworld |
| Winnowing | separating wheat from chaff |
| Asphodels | a chiefly Mediterranean plant having linear leaves with white, pink, or yellow flowers |
| Dirge | a song of mourning |
| Sloth | apathy or laziness |
| Lest | for fear that |
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