the odyssey

Question 1

contending

Answer 1

struggle to surmount

Question 2

thwart

Answer 2

to prevent someone from accomplishing something

Question 3

shroud

Answer 3

something that hides, covers or protects

Question 4

omen

Answer 4

any event believed to signal the coming of something good or evil

Question 5

dominion

Answer 5

power to govern

Question 6

hecatombs

Answer 6

public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods

Question 7

usurp

Answer 7

to seize and hold by force

Question 8

ambrosia

Answer 8

something delightful to the taste or smell

Question 9

brine

Answer 9

the water of the sea

Question 10

strait

Answer 10

narrow passage of water that connects two bigger bodies

Question 11

smote

Answer 11

to hit hard

Question 12

forlorn

Answer 12

miserable (condition or appearance)

Question 13

hinder

Answer 13

to delay/ interrupt

Question 14

pine

Answer 14

to wish for deeply

Question 15

plight

Answer 15

distressing situation

Question 16

loiter

Answer 16

to hang around

Question 17

array

Answer 17

to place

Question 18

decree

Answer 18

having the force of law

Question 19

moor

Answer 19

an area of open wasteland

Question 20

ascertain

Answer 20

to find out definitely

Question 21

swineheard

Answer 21

person who tends pigs

Question 22

oracle

Answer 22

priest

Question 23

pittance

Answer 23

small amount of money

Question 24

blunt

Answer 24

forthright

Question 25

decrepit

Answer 25

elderly infirm

Question 26

portant

Answer 26

warning

Question 27

alms

Answer 27

goods given to people in need

Question 28

bedrudge

Answer 28

envy

Question 29

parasite

Answer 29

organism

Question 30

suffice

Answer 30

be enough

Question 31

tallow

Answer 31

substance

Question 32

rapacious

Answer 32

aggressive

Question 33

exult

Answer 33

feel/show jubilation

Question 34

harlot

Answer 34

prostitute

Question 35

fumigate

Answer 35

purify