The Odyssey

Question 1

plundered

Answer 1

took something by force

Question 2

valor

Answer 2

great courage in the face of danger

Question 3

mutinous

Answer 3

refusing to obey, rebellious

Question 4

teeming

Answer 4

to be full of or abounding with

Question 5

prodigious

Answer 5

enormous or extraordinary

Question 6

victuals

Answer 6

food or other provisions

Question 7

whim

Answer 7

sudden thought or wish to do something

Question 8

din

Answer 8

loud, continuous noise, uproar

Question 9

ventured

Answer 9

to have tried something new or dangerous

Question 10

ambrosia

Answer 10

drink and food of the gods.

Question 11

pinioned

Answer 11

confined or shackled

Question 12

libations

Answer 12

wine or other liquids poured upon the ground as a sacrifice or offering

Question 13

implacable

Answer 13

not possible to please, satisfy, or change

Question 14

rancor

Answer 14

long-standing bitterness or resentfulness

Question 15

ardor

Answer 15

great warmth of feeling, fervor, passion

Question 16

maelstrom

Answer 16

a large, violent whirlpool

Question 17

insidious

Answer 17

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

Question 18

contrived

Answer 18

created or arranged in an artificial or deceitful manner

Question 19

dissemble

Answer 19

to disguise or conceal

Question 20

incredulity

Answer 20

doubt; the feeling of not wanting or being able to believe something

Question 21

impudence

Answer 21

the quality of being shamelessly bold or disrespectful

Question 22

guise

Answer 22

outward appearance

Question 23

revelry

Answer 23

noisy partying

Question 24

xenia

Answer 24

the law/custom of offering hospitality to strangers

Question 25

kleos

Answer 25

fame, renown, and the maintenance of one’s reputation

Question 26

hubris

Answer 26

excessive pride

Question 27

nostos

Answer 27

return, homecoming; an epic hero returning home

Question 28

monomyth

Answer 28

the hero’s journey