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Odyssey-Vocab
odyssey vocabulary-sessions freshman english
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Muse | any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom preside over a different art or science |
| harangue | to make long, pompous speech; to speak with very strong feeling; a long, violent speech; especially one that denounces someone or something |
| mull | to heat and spice (as in a beverage); consider; to ponder |
| bard | a poet, especially an exalted national poet; a strolling musician or minstrel |
| insolent | presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants; deserted; rendered unfit for habitation; dreary; dismal; gloomy; without friends or hope; lonely |
| Argive | Greek |
| portent | an indication of something momentous or calamious to about to occur; an omen |
| Pallas | Athena; goddess of wisdom and arts |
| brazen | made of brass; resembling brass; impudnt; bold |
| ruffian | a tough or rowdy fellow; a thug or gngster |
| libation | a liquid poured as an offering in a religious ritual; an intoxicating beverage |
| trident | a long, three-pronged fork or weapon |
| Graces | three sister goddesses and daughters of eus who dispense charm and beauty |
| blithe | cheerful; carefree; casual |
| rampart | a fortification consisting of an elevation or embankment; anything that serves to protect or defend |
| resplendent | filled with splendor; brilliant; shining |
| succulent | full of juice or sap; juicy; in botany, having a thick, fleshy leaves or stems that conserve moisture; interesting and absorbing; not dull or dry |
| convoy | an accompanying and protecting force; a group, usually a group of vehicles, traveling together for convenience |
| rapt | enraptured; deeply absorbed; engrossed |
| gossamer | a fine film of cobwebs; a soft, sheer, gauzy fabric; anything delicate or light |
| quarry | a hunted bird or animal; prey; any object of pursuit |
| trussed | tied up; bound; wrapped-up |
| trove | something of value discovered or found; a find; short for treasure trove |
| moldering | being dust; decaying; crumbling |
| pyre | a heap of combustibles for buring a corpse as a funeral rite; any heap of combustibles |
| flay | to strip the skin off of; to strip of money or goods; to criticize harshly |
| ignominous | shameful; disgrace |
| regalia | symbols of royalty such as a crown and scepter; magnificent clothing |
| loll | to demonstrate laziness or relaxation |
| sumptuous | size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish |
| ardent | warm pssionate; enthusiastic; fierce; hot as fire; burning |
| whetted | sharpened |
| Hellas | a name for Greec in general |
| Argos | sometimes used as an alternate name for mainland of Greece; Odysseus' dog |
| craven | characterized by abject fear; cowardly |
| Guries | in Greek and Roman mythology, the three terrible winged goddesses with serpentine hair who pursue and punish those guilty of unavenged crimes |
| gallant | showy; dashihng; majestic; noble; courageous; daring; attentive to women; chivalrous; courteous |
| debauched | morally corrupt |
| vagrant | a person who wanders from place to place without a job or home and makes a living by begging or stealing |
| pernicious | tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly; destructive |
| wrought | shaped by hammering with tools; made delicately or elaboratly |
| glided | covered with or as if with a thin layer of gold OR as a verb to cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold |
| wrangle | to dispute noisily or angrily |
| swarthy | having a dark complexion |
| evanescent | vanishing or likly to vanish; fleeting |
| sardonic | scornful; mocking; cynical; sarcastic; |
| charlatan | a person who claims to have skills that he doesn't have; an imposter |
| quiver | a portable case for carrying arrows |
| pique | a feeling of resentment arising from wounded pride or vanity |
| harry | to raid, as in war; to distrub or annoy by constant attacks; to harass |
| skulk | to lurk; to lie in hiding; to move stealthily; to evade work or obligations |
| lithe | easily bent; supple; limber; effortlessly graceful |
| hallmark | a mark used in England to stamp gold and silber articles that meet established standards or purity; any mark indicating quality or ecellence; any conspicuous indication of the character or quality of something |
| bole | the trunk of a tree |
| adze | an axe-like tool with an arched blade |
| auger | a tool for making holes in wood |
| wraith | ghost |
| litter | a stretcher for carrying the dead or wounded |
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