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Odyssey Vocab
Vocab for the book the Odyssey by Homer
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A strong current of air | Gale |
| To move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium | Waft |
| Easily bent or flexed | Lithe |
| To anchor | Moor |
| Something that covers, screens, or guards | Shroud |
| To oppose successfully; defeat the hopes or aspirations of | Thwart |
| To make a start | Embark |
| Disposed to or being in a state of rebellion | Mutinous |
| A heap of the game killed in a hunt | Quarry |
| An adult male red deer | Stag |
| To hold spellbound | Enthrall |
| A group of persons sharing a common characteristic or activity | Platoon |
| To make the natural cry of a sheep or goat | Bleat |
| In a body; as a whole | En Masse |
| A tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds | Bard |
| Of a wine; well aged and pleasingly mild | Mellow |
| A state of vexation or irration, injury or wear cause by friction | Chafe |
| A resting or sleeping place | Lair |
| The rear end of a boat | Stern |
| To give out by measure | Mete |
| The watery part of milk | Whey |
| An act of assembling | Muster |
| Keenly alert, lively | Brisk |
| Wholly unharmed; not injured | Unscathed |
| A usually superior wine all or most of which comes from a single year | Vintage |
| To pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness | Malinger |
| An employee on a ship, airplane, bus, or train who manages the provisioning of food and attends passengers | Steward |
| An act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice | Libation |
| Any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology | Nymph |
| Characteristic of an animal in quality, action, or instinct; purely physical | Brute |