odyssey vocab

Question 1

formidable

Answer 1

causing fear

Question 2

victuals

Answer 2

food

Question 3

appalled

Answer 3

to horrify; shock

Question 4

shipwright

Answer 4

a carpenter who builds or repairs ships

Question 5

adz

Answer 5

an axlike tool

Question 6

mammoth

Answer 6

gigantic

Question 7

titanic

Answer 7

huge

Question 8

braces

Answer 8

a rope used to swing or secure the sails of a ship

Question 9

ardor

Answer 9

great passion; emotional warmth

Question 10

combers

Answer 10

a large ocean wave

Question 11

spume

Answer 11

foam or froath

Question 12

grapple

Answer 12

to grip or clutch

Question 13

supplication

Answer 13

a humble prayer or request

Question 14

entrails

Answer 14

the internal organs of humans or animals

Question 15

overweening

Answer 15

overbearing

Question 16

forestays

Answer 16

a rope supporting the front mast of a ship

Question 17

contentious

Answer 17

quarrelsome; ready to argue

Question 18

mustered

Answer 18

to gather together

Question 19

civility

Answer 19

politeness

Question 20

ponderous

Answer 20

extremely heavy

Question 21

smithy

Answer 21

a workshop where metal is heated and hammered into particular objects

Question 22

hale

Answer 22

strong

Question 23

breach

Answer 23

an opening or gap in a wall

Question 24

nymph

Answer 24

a nature godess

Question 25

plumb

Answer 25

exactly

Question 26

founder

Answer 26

to sink

Question 27

travail

Answer 27

agony

Question 28

blanched

Answer 28

to become pale or white

Question 29

appease

Answer 29

to satisfy; relieve

Question 30

insidious

Answer 30

treacherous

Question 31

tripes

Answer 31

the stomach lining of cattle, used as food

Question 32

restitution

Answer 32

the making good or paying for damage or loss

Question 33

bilge

Answer 33

the water around the lower part of a ship