odyssey pt. 2 vocab

Question 1

cowered

Answer 1

to shrink away or hide oneself in fear

Question 2

dissemble

Answer 2

to hide behind a disguise

Question 3

incredulity

Answer 3

disbelief

Question 4

cutter

Answer 4

a small boat that moves quickly

Question 5

tempered

Answer 5

having the proper degree of hardness or elasticity (metal)

Question 6

bemusing

Answer 6

to stupefy

Question 7

impudence

Answer 7

bold, shameless behavior

Question 8

mortified

Answer 8

to humiliate

Question 9

rebuke

Answer 9

to scold sharply

Question 10

equity

Answer 10

fairness, justice

Question 11

suffice

Answer 11

to be enough

Question 12

maudlin

Answer 12

tearfully sentimental

Question 13

carriage

Answer 13

the manner of bearing the body; posture

Question 14

renowed

Answer 14

famous

Question 15

suppliant

Answer 15

a beggar

Question 16

ruse

Answer 16

a trick

Question 17

shroud

Answer 17

a burial cloth

Question 18

bier

Answer 18

a structure upon which a corpse, or a coffin, is placed

Question 19

disdainful

Answer 19

scornful

Question 20

contending

Answer 20

to struggle against in combat or competition

Question 21

contemptible

Answer 21

deserving of scorn; worthless

Question 22

embassed

Answer 22

to decorate with raised designs or patterns

Question 23

runnels

Answer 23

a little stream

Question 24

tithe

Answer 24

a tax or contribution

Question 25

implacable

Answer 25

incapable of being calmed

Question 26

honed

Answer 26

to sharpen on a hard stone

Question 27

throes

Answer 27

a condition of painful struggle

Question 28

hewed

Answer 28

to make or shape by cutting with an axe

Question 29

abyss

Answer 29

any bottomless depth or empty space