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Odyssey Vocabs
Vocabulary words on the Odyssey
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abominable | causing moral revulsion |
| adversary | one's opponent in a contest , conflict , or dispute |
| ambrosia | the food of the gods |
| anguish | severe mental or physical pain or suffereing |
| appalled | greatly dismay or horrify |
| besieged | surround with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender |
| Desolate | deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness |
| Foreboding | a feeling that something bad will happen |
| Formidable | inspiring fear or respect through being impresively large, powerful or capable |
| Harried | feeling strained as a result of having demands persistently made one |
| Heed | pay attention to take notice |
| Pommel | a rounded knob on the end of the handle of a sword , dagger , old gun |
| Pungent | aving a sharply strong taste of smell |
| valor | great courage in the face of danger |
| Victuals | food or provisions, typically as prepared for consumption. |