Pre-Reading Odyssey Vocab
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- ambrosia
- the food of the gods
- muse
- one of the nine goddesses of the arts, a source of inspiration
- herald
- an official announcer or messenger
- insolence
- the quality or state of being disrespectful or rude
- minstrel
- a musical entertainer
- divination
- the art of using magic powers to tell the future
- lash
- to tie down
- haste
- quickness of motion or action
- forlorn
- feeling sad and lonely, nearly hopeless
- brazen
- not ashamed of or embarrassed by one's bad behavior
- ballast
- heavy materical used to make a ship steady or control the risong of a balloon.
- victuals
- food, prvisions
- prodigious
- immense, huge in size
- cordial
- warm and friendly
- prudence
- wisdom
- stalwart
- sturdy, brave, determined
- beguile
- to decieve by cunning
- supplication
- an act of humble and honest appeal
- bestial
- resembling a beast
- azure
- the blue color of the sky
- promontory
- a cliff sticking out into the sea
- maelstrom
- a strong, violent whirlpool; a great confusion
- libation
- a drink poured to honor a god
- wanton
- merciless and reckless
- gall
- a bitterness of spirit, nerve