The Odessey Vocab Flashcards by Eleni Lagis | Brainscape

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Formidable

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Causing fear

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Victual

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Food

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Appalled

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To be horrified or shocked

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Shipwright

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A carpenter who builds or repairs ships

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Adz

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An ax like tool

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Mammoth

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Gigantic

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Titanic

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Huge

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Brace

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

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Ardor

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Great passion, emotional warmth

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Comber

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A large ocean wave

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Spume

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Froth or foam

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Grapple

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A grip or clutch

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Supplication

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A humble request or prayer

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Entrails

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The internal organs of humans and animals

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Overweening

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Overbearing

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Forestay

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A rope supporting the front mast of a ship

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome, ready to argue

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Mustered

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To (have) gather together

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Civility

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Niceness

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Smithy

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A workshop with metal is heated and hammered into particular objects

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Hale

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Strong

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Breach

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An opening or a gap in a wall

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Nymph

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Nature goddess

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Plumb

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Exactly

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Founder

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To sink

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Travail

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Agony

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Blanched

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To have become pale or white

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Appease

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To satisfy or relieve

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Insidious

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Treacherous and stealthy

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Tripe

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The stomach lining of cattle, used for food

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Restitution

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The making good or paying for damage or loss

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Bilge

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The water around the lower part of a ship

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Ponderous

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Extremely heavy