The Odyssey part two vocab Flashcards

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cowered

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to shrink away in fear

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dissemble

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to hide behind a disguise

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Incredulity

A

disbelief

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cutter

A

a small boat that moves quickly

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tempered

A

having the proper degree of hardness or elasticity(metal)

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bemusing

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to stupefy

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impudence

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bold, shameless behavior

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8
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mortified

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to humiliate

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rebuke

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to scold sharply

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equity

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fairness, justice

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suffice

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to be enough

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12
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maudlin

A

tearfully sentimental

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13
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carriage

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The mander of of bearing the body, posture

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reowned

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famous

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15
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suppliant

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a beggar

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ruse

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a trick

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shroud

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a burial cloth

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bier

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a structure upon which a corpse or a coffin, is placed

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disdainful

A

scornful

20
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contending

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to struggle against in combat or competition

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contemptible

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deserving of scorn, worthless

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embossed

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to decorate with raised designs or patterns

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runnels

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a stream

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tithe

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a tax or contribution

25
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implacable

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incapable of being calmed

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honed

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to sharpen on a hard stone

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throes

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a condition of painful struggle

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hewed

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to make or shape by cutting with an ax

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abyss

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any bottomless depth or empty space