odyssey
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- ruinous
- causing or apt to cause ruin, destructice
- whey
- the watery liquid left when milk forms curds
- callow
- very immature
- taut
- tense or tight
- allay
- diminish; relieve or alleviate
- numinous
- mystical, magical, spiritual
- dissumulation
- act of disguising oneself
- ardor
- heat of passion or desire
- querying
- expressing doubt; questioning
- consummation
- completion; a desired end or goal; perfection
- trove
- treasure of unknown ownership, hidden from view; a collection of valuable or delightful things
- largesse
- money or gifts freely given esp. on a special occasion
- divination
- the foretelling of future events or discovery of the hidden through supernatural or magical means
- supplication
- the act of humbly petitioning for something
- pith
- the essential part
- hearth
- home or domestic circle; fireside
- wanton
- an immoral or sexually promiscuous person (esp. a woman)
- promontory
- a high ridge of land or rock that extends into a body of water
- breach
- a break or separation; a violation, as of the law
- amenity
- pleasant aspects; conveniences; social courtesies
- hector
- to bully, tease, harass
- cunning
- ingeniously sly
- oblation
- religious offering
- gentry
- the class of people below the nobility
- doldrums
- low spirits; a feeling of boredom or depression; a period of inactivity or stagnation
- intaglio
- incised engraving, the process of printing from engraved plates
- pungent
- having a sharp or strong taste or smell; biting, caustic
- luminous
- full of or shedding light; radiant, bright
- resolute
- having a fixed purpose; determined
- affliction
- a state of pain, distress, grief, or misery
- vintner
- one who deals in the making and selling of wine
- ponderous
- having great weight
- hecatomb
- a large sacrifice (esp. 100 oxen)
- odium
- hatred; disgrace
- scruple
- a conscientious reluctance; moral guideline
- suppliant
- petitioner
- mendicant
- a beggar
- surety
- security; safety from danger
- aegis
- mystical protection/shield
- assuage
- to make less severe or burdensome
- stratagem
- a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy
- limpid
- placid; clear
- regale
- to entertain lavishly with feasting
- babble
- to talk idly; chatter; utter words impertinently
- patrimony
- inheritance from any ancestor
- lithe
- flexible; supple, graceful
- imperious
- domineering
- compunction
- a slight regret or prick of conscience
- threnody
- a lamentation, esp. on someone's death; a song of lamentation
- strumpet
- a prostitute; a harlot
- insolence
- pride; haughty conduct or disposition; contempt for inferiors
- covey
- a small flock of birds
- overweening
- arrogant, presumptuous
- seething
- overflowing with anger or in a state of agitation
- amphorai/amphora
- a two handled jar with a narrow neck used by Ancient Greeks to carry wine or oil
- haunches
- the hip, buttock, and upper thigh area
- calamitous
- causing or involving a disaster
- emulous
- characterized by a feeling of rivalry
- ordain
- to order by virtue of superior authority
- runnel
- a small stream
- hone
- to make sharper/better
- boon
- a gift; a thing that is helpful or beneficial
- blithely
- merrily; joyously
- pliant
- bending easily, supple; yielding, compliant
- inveigle
- to lead astray; entice
- reproof
- act or expression of scolding
- prudence
- discretion in practical affairs
- viant
- an article of food
- chattel
- a movable piece of property
- rent
- to rip or tear
- vassal
- a feudal tenant; a subject to a king
- palisade
- a line of sheer cliffs
- buffet
- to strike, beat repeatedly
- din
- a loud noise particularly a continued, confused sound
- foray
- a sudden attack or incursion
- arbiter
- a judge; a person who has control of something
- barrow
- a frame with handles for carrying a load, a burial mound
- cuckoldry
- the dishonoring of a husband by adultery on the part of his wife
- felicity
- intense happiness, a cause of happiness
- tripe
- light, colored rubbery lining of the stomach of a cow
- sally
- a sudden charge from a fortification, upon its attackers; a going forth, an excursion
- dissemble
- to conceal one's motive; to disguise or conceal
- brazen
- made of brass; bold
- loam
- soil rich in organic matter
- maleficent
- hurtful; criminal
- clarion
- a sound similar to that of a trumpet
- broach
- to open and start using the contents of
- mettle
- courage
- flout
- to treat with disdain, mock
- comely
- pleasant to look at
- skulk
- to sneak away, to slink
- maudlin
- drunkenly sentimental
- blithe
- merry; joyous; glad
- provender
- one who provides supplies esp. food for humans
- libation
- a ceremonial pouring out of wine; a drink
- tithe
- a tax (a tenth part)
- languish
- to grow weak, faint, or feeble, to lose health
- prodigious
- excessively great in size, force, or extent
- vaunt
- speak of boastfully
- herald
- one who proclaims or announces the message of another
- sojourn
- temporary stay, to stop over
- minion
- an obsequious follower; a subordinate
- gallant
- a man who enjoys the company of women
- harried
- despoiled; harassed
- verge
- rod or staff carried as a symbol of authority
- quandary
- state of bewilderment
- aft
- at, near, or toward the stern of the ship
- ravenous
- extremely hungry
- malice
- ill wish; wish harm to another
- prow
- the bow of a ship
- ambuscade
- an ambush; a stealthly attack
- sortie
- a combat mission
- megaron
- the central hall of a large Mycenaean house
- begrudge
- to give or allow; to be envious of another's possession
- restitution
- the act of returning or restoring to someone what is his/hers
- rogue
- a dishonest person; a knave
- carousing
- a lively or noisy drinking party
- anoint
- apply oil or ointment (in a religious ceremony)
- homage
- formal or public acknowledgment of allegiance
- rancor
- bitter animosity or spitefulness
- insidious
- treacherous; crafty; secretively harmful
- mete
- to divide by measuring
- carousal
- a jovial, riotous drinking party; boisterous merry making
- wheedling
- coaxing (someone) with flattery or endearments
- rapine
- acts of violent robbery
- rebuff
- to snub
- requite
- to repay or retaliate
- fettle
- state of health or spirits
- bemuse
- to make utterly confused as with liquor
- feign
- to simulate; to invent or excuse, to pretend to be affected by something
- prudent
- judicious; wise; discreet
- subtle
- difficult to detect
- spume
- froth, foam
- surfeit
- an excess or abundance
- willy-nilly
- whether desired or not
- parley
- discuss(ion) between enemies
- upstart
- someone with newly acquired wealth, status, or power, but is thought not to deserve it
- harangue
- to bully verbally
- votive
- offered in accordance with a vow
- rove
- to wander with or for pleasure
- larder
- a room or closet in which food provisions are stored
- adept
- well-skilled
- lout
- an awkward, stupid person
- dole
- to give out sparingly
- asphodel
- an immortal flower growing in Elysium
- dithering
- nervous excited state