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English Vocabulary
The odyssey vocab l
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Willful | POS: Adjective - Immoral or illegal act or omission, doing something bad but on purpose |
| Tawny | POS: Adjective - Color -- orange brown or yellow brown |
| Waning | POS: Verb - When the moon, tide or mood decreases (in size) |
| Waxing | POS: Verb - when the moon, tide or mood increases (in size) |
| Sate | POS: Verb - satisfy a desire or appetite to the fullest potential |
| Hecatombs | POS: Noun - Public sacrifice, stemmed from oxen |
| Appease | POS: verb - placate someone by acceding to their demands (giving in to someone who is asking or begging for something) |
| Supplicate | POS: Verb - Beg for something earnestly |
| deferential | POS: Adjective -Showing respect |
| Protean | POS: Adjective - Tending or able to change frequently |
| Infallible | POS: Adjective - Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong |
| Libations | POS: Noun -A type of drink poured out as an offering |
| Avaricious | POS: Adjective - Extreme greed for wealth (a person who strives off of money; a materialist) |
| Beguiled | POS: Verb - charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way |
| Portents | POS: Noun - a sign or warning that something, especially momentous is going to happen soon |
| Lineage | POS: Noun - Lineal descent from an ancestor (family tree) |
| Cleave | POS: Verb - split or sever something especially when it is along the neutrals end |
| Traipse | POS;Verb - Walk or move wearily |
| Loutish | POS: Adjective - Uncouth and aggressive; thuggish |
| Duplicitous | POS: Adjective - deceitful; guilty of or involving deceit (misleading others) |