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LA. Vocab List 5
The Odyssey
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Desolate | adj. deserted, bleak, dismal, empty// n. desolation// cheerful |
| Pungent | adj. having a sharply strong taste or smell; pervasive, penetrating// n. pungency// tasteless, mild |
| Luminous | adj. full of or shedding light; bright or shining, especially in the dark; radiant, brilliant// n. luminosity// desolate, dark. bleak, dull// |
| Precedence* | n. priority in importance, order, or rank; the condition of being considered more important than someone or something else// n. precedent adj. precedented// n/a |
| Flout | v. to openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention); to refuse to obey, to defy// adj. flouted// to agree to, to obey |
| Deference | n. humble submission and respect; dutifulness// v. refer adj. deferent// dishonor, disrespect, hubris |
| *Harangue* | n. a lengthy and aggressive speech; tirade, diatribe; v. to lecture at length and in an aggressive, critical manner// n/a// n/a |
| Insidious | adj. proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects; treacherous// n. insidiousness// harmless, beneficial, benign |
| *Vie* | v. to complete eagerly with someone in order to achieve or do something treacherous// n/a// n/a// |
| *Anodyne | n. that which soothes or makes better, as in a painkiller drug or medicine// n/a// vexation, menace, annoyance |
| Annihilate | v. to destroy utterly; to obliterate// n. annihilation adj. annihilated/annihilating// aid, build, fix |
| Comeliness | n. wholesome good looks; attractiveness// adj. comely// ugliness, homeliness |
| Prevaricate | v. to speak or act in an evasive way; to equivocate; to dodge (an issue)// n. prevarication adj. prevaricated// truthful |
| Usurp* | v. to take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force; to seize, to commandeer// n. usurpation adj. usurped// n/a |
| Woo | v. to try to gain the love or affection of, especially with a view to marriage; to pursue romantically// adj. wooing/ wooed// ignore, disregard |
| *Firmament* | n. the sky or the vault of heaven n/a n/a |
| Buffet | v. (especially of wind or waves) strike repeatedly and violently; to batter, to pound, to lash// n/a// n/a |
| *Victuals* | n. food fit for human consumption// n/a// n/a |
| Cloister | v. to seclude or shut up in or as if in a convent or monastery// n. cloister adj. cloistered// to include, to be out and about, to expose |
| *Odyssey* | n. a long journey, one usually marked by extreme changes in fortune and adventure; an intellectual or spiritual wandering or quest// n/a// n/a |
| Ogre* | n. a monster, usually one that consumes human flesh// adj. ogreish adv. ogreishly// n/a |
| Renown | n. fame, distinction, eminence; the condition of being widely and favorably known or admired; prestige, acclaim// adj. renowned// unimportance, irrelevance, anonymity, obscurity, infamy |
| Abhor | v. to regard with disgust and hatred; to despise, hate, loathe, detest// n. abhorrence adj. abhorrent// to enjoy, to admire, to worship, to cherish |
| *Ambrosia* | n. food fit for the gods and believed to confer immortality if given to a mortal (given by a god)// n/a// n/a |
| Prodigious | adj. remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree; colossal, immense, mammoth; unnatural or abnormal; inordinate, exceptional// adv. prodigiously n. prodigiousness// diminutive |
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