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Odyssey Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plundered | v. to take goods by force |
| Seething | v. to get angry to the point of becoming violent |
| Harangued | n. a long, public speech/tirade |
| Exulted | v. to rejoice; to show joy |
| Decree | n. a law or an order |
| Supple | adj. something that is easily bent; flexible |
| Suitor | n. a man who courts/ woos a woman |
| Thwart | v. to obstruct; to frustrate |
| Uncanny | adj. something mysterious and eerie |
| Gorging | v. swallowing greedily |
| Reproach | v. to blame; to find fault with someone |
| Revile | v. to speak abusively |
| Chafing | v. to make sore, to irritate by rubbing |
| Wary | adj. watchful;being on guard against danger |
| Poised | adj. someone who is composed and self-assured |
| Insolent | adj. someone who is rude and/or disrespectful |
| Shrewdly | adverb. someone who is clever/sharp in practical affairs |
| Lavish | adj. abundant; generous |
| Reparations | n. compensation, amends |
| Guile | n. cunning sly behavior |
| Ultimatum | n. final demand |
| Pernicious | adj. dangerous, harmful |
| Nonchalantly | adverb. casually, calmly |
| Libations | n. liquid offering |
| Flotilla | n. a fleet of ships |
| Burnished | adj. polished, gilded |
| Gallant | adj. brave, chivalrous |
| Ambrosia | n. food/nectar of the gods |
| Slaked | v. satisfy (thirsty, revenge) |
| Muzzle | v. impose silence or restraint |
| Convoy | n. group of ships, vehicles, etc. traveling together or under escort |
| Pungent | adj. having a sharp or strong taste or smell/sarcastic or biting, as in remark |
| Foiled | v. frustrated, baffled, defeated |
| Chided | v. scolded, rebuked |
| Flayed | v. stripped the skin off, especially by beating |
| Quarry | n. object of pursuit |
| Blithe | adj. blissful, happy /or careless, casual |
| Beguiled | v. charmed, amused/distracted, deluded |
| Trundled | v. rolled or moved heavily or noisily |
| Scour | v. to cleanse, brighten, scrub, wash/hasten over, searching thoroughly in pursuit |
| Suppliants | n. pl. applicant. petitioners, suitors |
| Ravenous | adj. very hungry, voracious |
| Brackish | adj. slightly salty |
| Ramparts | n. battlements, fortifications, fortified walls |
| Provisions | n. supplies, necessities, food/water rations |
| Furrow | n. a groove, channel, crease on someone's face or in the ground |
| Prowess | n. ability, skill, expertise |
| Vied (past ten of verb to vie) | v. competed, struggled, fought for |
| Mutinous | adj. rebellious, insubordinate, revolutionary |
| Unscathed | adj. unharmed, intact, safe |
| Ruddy | adj. reddish, rosy, flushed, healthy-looking |
| Gouge | v. to scratch chisel something or to extort or extract something |
| Mete | v. to distribute or dole out |
| Doting | adj. fond, loving, devoted or foolish |
| En masse | all together, as a group (in one mass) |
| Potent | adj. strong, powerful, forceful |
| Cower | v. to cringe, recoil, tremble in fear |
| Rebuke | v. n. to reprimand or scold; a reproach or reprimand |
| Pyre | n. a pile of wood typically used to burn a body as part of a funeral rite |
| Stealth | n. the action of stealing or of leaving a place undetected |
| Sinews | n. tendons taken out of an animal's body and used for binding |
| August | adj. inspiring, majestic, revered |
| Gird | n. a strap of band of any kind; verb. to encircle with a belt or a girdle |
| Vagabonds | n. people who wander without home or occupation; vagrants, rogues, loafers |
| Ignominious | adj. shameful or disgraceful |
| Blanching | Verbel noun. the action of making something white; v. to bleach |
| Regalia | n. rights belonging to |
| Scourge | n. a cause of a calamity or of a disaster; v. to ship severely, to flog |
| Abyss | n. the cavity of the lower world; the infernal pit; a bottomless gulf or void |
| Shun | v. to abhor, detest. loathe; to flee from; to avoid |
| Concocted | v. to have contrived, made up, or fabricated |
| Vex | v. to trouble, afflict, harass |
| Ignoble | adj. of low birth or humble station; mean, dishonorable, base |
| Squalid | adj. repulsive, loathsome, filthy |
| Yarn | n. a continuous often plied strand composed of either natural of man-made fibers of filaments and used in weaving and knitting to form cloth |
| Paltry | adj. inferior, trashy, mean, despicable |
| Irreproachable | adj. blameless |
| Pensive | adj. musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| Pondered | v. to think about; reflect on |
| Magnanimous | adj. showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind |
| Dumbfounded | adj. to confound briefly and usually with astonishment |
| Shirk | v. to go stealthily, secretly; to avoid the performance of an obligation |
| Berth | n. sufficient distance for maneuvering a ship; an amount of distance maintained for safety |
| Treacherous | adj. someone likely to betray |
| Qualm | n. a sudden attack of illness, faintness |
| Vagrant | n. wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| Coax | v. to encourage |
| Unguent | n. an anointment put on wounds |
| Raucous | adj. rowdy or disorderly |
| Contrive | v. to plan, to invent, to plot |
| Deft | adj. to be very skilled at |
| Evanescent | adj. vanishing, fading away, fleeting |
| Portents | n. an indication of something (usually bad) about to happen |
| Wily | adj. crafty, cunning |
| Banter | n.an exchange of lighthearted remarks; witty exchange |
| Toils | n. a difficult, laborious task |
| Sardonic | adj. a mocking, sneering, cynical remark/comment |
| Snide | adj. derogatory, nasty manner |
| Charlatan | n. someone who pretends to have more knowledge/experience than they actually have; a quack |
| Succulent | adj. juicy |
| Wield | v. to use (a weapon/instrument) effectively |
| Mawkish | adj. someone who is sickly sentimental; very emotional |
| Limber | adj. someone/something that is very flexible |
| Gnarled | adj. something (often a tree) that is bent/twisted; having a rugged appearance; as a person someone who is grumpy |
| Pique | v. to arouse an emotion or to provoke a reaction |
| Tottered | v. to shake, tremble; to walk in a rocking motion |
| Infernal | adj. something hellish of fiendish |
| Rummage | v. to search thoroughly |
| Callous | adj. being insensitive, cruel and/or unsympathetic |
| Broached | v. to mention, to suggest something for the first time |
| Wraiths | n. an apparition of a living person (supposed to be dead) |
| Waned | v. to decrease in strength or in intensity |
| Sloth | n. indolence of laziness |
| Distraught | adj. being deeply agitated, upset |
| Affront | n. an offense to one's dignity, pride, an act of disrespect; v. to offend by a public display of disrespect |
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