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Odyssey Book 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Barrow | a flat rectangular frame used to carry a load (a wheelbarrow) |
| rites | a formal ceremonial act |
| wafts | to carry lightly & smoothly through the air/over water |
| azure | light shade of blue |
| ferocity | savage fierceness, uncontrolled anger |
| cleft | a split |
| gullet | the throat |
| maelstrom | a large, powerful or violent whirlpool |
| baffle | to confuse |
| purling | soft murmur |
| ardor | passion |
| founder | to sink |
| comber | wave |
| cuirass | defensive armor originally made of leather |
| travail | painfully difficult/burdensome work |
| blanched | to whiten/remove color |
| bounteous | giving |
| fatal | capable of causing death |
| wantonness | carelessness |
| besiegers | to lay fight to |
| appease | to bring to a state of peace |
| salvation | to protect from harm |
| tranquil | calm |
| ritual | religious ceremony |
| savory | pleasant smell |
| reeking | strong, unpleasant smell |
| supplication | to get back at someone |
| contentious | quarrelsome; tending to argue |
| buoyed | to keep afloat |