Odyssey Vocab Books 1-4
A set of vocab words that are used in books 1-4 of the Odyssey
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- Insolent
- audaciously rude or disrespectful, impertinent
- Hekatomb
- a sacrifice to the ancient Greek and Roman gods consisting of 100 oxen or cattle
- Cunning
- marked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness
- Foreboding
- to indicate the likelihood of, portend, to prophecy or predict
- Clarion
- Loud and CLear
- dissemble
- to disguise or conceal behind a false appearance
- Prelude
- An introductory performance, event, or action leading up to
- Equerries
- an officer charged with supervision of the horses belonging to a royal or noble household
- Beguiling
- deluding, misleading, decieving
- Parley
- a discussion or conference, especially between enemies
- Brazen
- resembling brass, as in color or strength
- Chine
- a cut of meat containing part of the backbone
- Malice
- A desire to harm others or see others suffer, extreme will or spite
- Rite
- a ceremonial act or series of acts
- Retainers
- A servant or attendant, especially on in the household of a person of high rank
- Desolation
- devastation, ruin
- Anvil
- a heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth , flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering
- canny
- careful and shrewd, especially where ones own interests are concerned
- Relent
- To mollify, to cause to be less harch or sever, to give in, as in influence or pressure
- Ripened
- to approach or come to perfection
- Lithe
- flexible, limber, capable of being easily bent
- Mound
- a large pile of stone to mark a burial site
- Muster
- to cause to come together, gather
- Revel
- to take great pleasure or delight, to pluck, retract, pull back
- Lament
- To express grief for or about; mourn
- Shroud
- a cloth used to wrap the body for burial
- Din
- A jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds
- Ordained
- Predestined; fixed or established especially by order of command
- Omen
- a phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil; a prophetic sign
- Requite
- to make repayment or return to; to avenge
- Regaled
- To provide with great enjoyment; entertain; to entertain sumptuously with food and drink
- Haunches
- The hip, buttock and upper thigh in animals and humans
- Surfeit
- overindulgence in food or drink
- Illustrious
- well-known and very distinguished, eminent
- Engendering
- To bring into existence, to breed, generate, procreate
- Herald
- A person who carries or proclaims important news, a messenger
- clamor
- to exclaim insistently and noisily
- Mulled
- to go over extensively in the mind, ponder
- Buffets
- To strike against forcefully, batter
- Stratagem
- a military maneuver designed to decieve or surprise an enemy
- Renown
- The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from extensive praise of great achievements
- Pacify
- to ease the anger or agitation of
- Baleful
- Full of deadly or pernicious influencel deadly sinister
- Divining and Divination
- to know by inspiration, intuition or reflection; an indication of what is future or secret, prediction
- Unshorn
- not sheared or shaven
- Patrimony
- An hinhertance frmo a father or other ancestor
- Furled
- to roll up and secure, as in a flag or sail
- Precedence
- priority claimed or recieved becasue of preeminence or superiority
- sage
- having or exhibiting wisdom or wise judgement