Odyssey Vocab

Question 1

Pernicious

Answer 1

Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; exceedingly harmful.b

Question 2

Rapacious

Answer 2

Excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey.

Question 3

Decree

Answer 3

A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record; issue a decree; decide with authority

Question 4

Tutelary

Answer 4

Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding

Question 5

Opulence

Answer 5

Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living

Question 6

Pyre

Answer 6

Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite

Question 7

Dejected

Answer 7

Affected or marked by low spirits

Question 8

Ruck

Answer 8

A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

Question 9

Embellished

Answer 9

Make more beautiful; add details to; make more attractive by adding ornament; colour, etc.; be beautiful to look at

Question 10

Gunwale

Answer 10

Wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel.