Odyssey Flashcards

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Epic

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Long narrative poem

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Archetype

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Original pattern

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Epithet

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Brief descriptive phrase

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Allusion

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Reference to famous person place or event

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Ardor

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Passion

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Harried

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Tormented

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Valor

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Personal bravery

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Besiege

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To overwhelm a city

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Veer

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To turn aside from a course

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Desolate

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Barren, deserted

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Pungent

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Sharp sensation of smell

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Ornate

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Heavily ornamented

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Mandate

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Authoritative order

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Anguish

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Suffering or pain

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Exile

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To expel or banish a person

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Cease

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To end

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Forlorn

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Unhappy or miserable

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Formidable

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Of great strength, powerful

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Lofty

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Elevated in rank

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Prolific

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Producing in large quantities or with great frequency

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Teeming

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With abundance

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Muster

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To assemble

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Sow

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To plant a seed for

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Indifferent

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Without interest or concern

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Hospitable

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Generously treating guests

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Civility

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Politeness

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Stoke

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To stir up

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Entreat

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To beg or implore

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Ponderous

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Heavy in a clumsy way

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Profusion

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Abundance

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Meditation

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The act of reflective thought

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Adversary

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An enemy

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Beguile

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To charm or please

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appalled

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Filled with dismay

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Foreboding

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Sense of approaching evil

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Frantic

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Desperate with wild wild excitement

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Assuage

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To calm or pacify

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Brazen

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Shameless

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bereft

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Deprived

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To skirt

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To avoid

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Abominable

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Hateful horrible

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Travail

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Painful effort

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Sure

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Urgent

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Hail

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To cheer/salute

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Incredulity

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Disbelief

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Marvel

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Something that causes wonder and astonishment

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Pillar

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An upright shaft or structure of stone

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Commandeer

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To take control of by force

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Adversity

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Hardship; misfortune

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Interval

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A space between things

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Taut

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Tense

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Contemptible

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Deserving of scorn

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Revelry

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Festivity

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Foe

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Enemy

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Contempt

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The feeling of regarding something as mean l

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Restitution

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Repayment for loss or damage

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Implacable

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Impossible to soothe

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Lurch

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An awkward swaying motion

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Revulsion

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A sudden feeling of disgust or loathing

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Aloof

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Standoffish

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Tremulous

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Trembling or shaking

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Desolation

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Lonely grief; misery

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Abyss

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A deep space, cavity

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Romp

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To play in a lively manner

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Periphery

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External boundary of a surface

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Plod

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Proceed in a slow tedious manner

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Obsolete

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Out of date

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Intermittent

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Stopping or ceasing for a time

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Commune

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Communicate intimately

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Audacious

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Bold

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Maneuvers

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Training exercises carried out by troops

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Inhabitant

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Someone who inhabits a place

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Defy

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To challenge the power of