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LA. Vocab List 4
The Odyssey
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Feeble | adj. physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail; mentally weak// n. feebleness adv. feebly// strong; powerful; able; healthy |
| *Err* | v. to make an error, to make a mistake; to go astray, to blunder, to slip up// n/a// n/a |
| *Prowess | n. exceptional or superior ability, skill, strength, or bravery// n/a// cowardice; inferior; inability |
| Rebuke | v. to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand// n. rebuke adj. rebuked// to approve, praise, commend |
| Intolerable | adj. unendurable; insufferable// n. intolerability adv. intolerably// enjoyable, endurable, tolerable, pleasurable |
| Foremost | adj. first in place, order, rank// n/a// last in rank |
| Menace | n. something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat// adv. menacingly adj. menacing v. menace// pleasure, comfort |
| Vagabond | n. a person, usually without a permanent home, who wanders from place to place// adj. vagabondish// n/a |
| Beguile | v. to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead// adj. beguiling adv. beguilingly n. beguilement// honest, truthful, sincere |
| Deem | v. to form or have an opinion; judge; think// n/a// n/a |
| *Brazier* | n. a metal receptacle for holding live coals or other fuel// n/a// n/a |
| Taunt | v. to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock// adv. tauntingly n. taunt adj. taunting// to complement, to revere, to support |
| Vaunt | v. to speak boastfully of; to brag// n. vaunt adj. vaunting adv. vauntingly// modest, humble |
| Depreciate | v. to decrease in value; to disvalue; to speak critically of disparagingly about something or somebody, to belittle; to become less valuable// n. depreciation adj. depreciated// to appreciate, exalt |
| Aggrieve | v. to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice// n. aggrievement adj. aggrieved// aid, help, assist |
| Wayfarer | n. a traveler, esp. one who travels by foot// adj. wayfaring// n/a |
| Respite | n. delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; v. to postpone or delay// adj. respited// advance |
| Immoderate | adj. exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive// n. immoderation adv. immoderatly// reasonable, moderate, justified |
| *Vouchsafe* | v. to allow or to permit, as by favor or graciousness; to condescend to grant or bestow// n/a// n/a |
| Pillar | n. an upright shaft or structure used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument// n/a// n/a |
| Supersede | v. to succeed or surpass; to replace or take over from; to supplant or take the place of// n/a// to fall behind, to recede |
| *Lyre* | n. a stringed instrument of the harp family having two curved arms connected at the upper end by a crossbar// n/a// n/a |
| *Centaur* | n. Greek mythology, a creature with the head, arm, and torso of a man joined to the body of a horse at its neck// n/a// n/a |
| Iniquity | n. great injustice or extreme immorality; a grossly immoral act// adj. iniquitous adv. iniquitously// moral deed or doing |
| *Covenant* | n. an agreement, promise, or pledge; a solemn agreement that is binding on all parties// n/a// n/a |
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