Odyssey Vocab
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- canny
- (adj) careful and shrewd, especially where ones own interests are concerned
- mound
- (n) a large pile of stone to mark a burial site
- clamor
- (v) to exclaim insistently and noisily
- desolation
- (n) devastation, ruin
- furled
- (v) to roll up and secure, as in a flag or sail
- revel
- (v) to take great pleasure or delight; to pluck, retract, pull back
- brazen
- (adj) resembling brass, as in color or stength
- patrimony
- (n) an inheritance from a father or other ancestor
- buffets
- (v) to strike against forcefully, batter
- illustrious
- (adj) well-known and very distinguished, eminent
- dissemble
- (v) to discuise or conceal behind a false appearance
- pacify
- (v) to ease the anger or agitation of
- stratagem
- (n) a military maneuver designed to decieve or surprise an enemy
- din
- (n) a jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds
- equerries
- (n) an officer charged with supervision of the horses belonging to a royal or noble household
- hekatomb
- (n) a sacrifice to the ancient Greek and Roman gods consisting of 100 axen or cattle
- herald
- (n) a person who carries or proclaims important news, a messenger
- beguiling
- (adj) deluding, misleading, deceiving
- relent
- (v) to mollify, to cause to be less harsh or severe; to give in, as in influence or pressure
- lithe
- (adj) flexible, limber; capable of being easily bent
- repened
- (v) to approach or come to perfection
- ordained
- (v) predestined; fixed or established especially by order or command
- muster
- (v) to caues to come together, gather
- renown
- (n) the state of being much known and talked of; exhalting reputation derived from extensive praise of great achievements
- forboding
- (v) to indicate the likelihood of, portend; to prophecy or predict
- unshorn
- (adj) not sheared or shaven
- haunches
- (n) the hip, buttock and upper thigh in animals and humans
- engendering
- (v) to bring into existence; to breed, generate, procreate
- prelude
- (n) an introductory performance, event, or action leading up to
- malice
- (n) a desire to harm others or see others suffer, extreme ill will or spite
- cunning
- (adj) mraked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness
- parley
- (n) a discussion or conference, especially one between enemies
- sage
- (adj) having or exhibiting wisdom or wise judment
- precedence
- (n) priority claimed or recieved because of preeminence or superiority
- divining and divination
- (v) to know by inspiration, intuition or reflection; (n) an indication of what is future or secret, prediction
- rite
- (n) a ceremonial act or series of acts
- mulled
- (v) to go over extensively in the mind, ponder
- chine
- (n) a cut of meat containing part of the backbone
- shroud
- (n) a cloth used to wrap a body for burial
- surfeit
- (n) overindulgence in food or drink
- retainers
- (n) a servant or attendant, especially one in the household of a person of high rank
- clarion
- (adj) loud and clear
- lament
- (v) to express grief for or about; mourn
- requite
- (v) to make repayment or return to; to avenge
- omen
- (n) a phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil; a prophetic sign
- regaled
- (v) to provide with great enjoyment; entertain; to entertain sumptuously with food and drink
- insolent
- (adj) audaciously rude or disrespectful, impertinent
- baleful
- (adj) full of deadly or pernicious influence; deadly, sinister
- anvil
- (n) a heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering