The Odyssey Vocab Flashcards
Victuals (n)
Food or other provisions
Prodigious (adj)
Enormous or very big
Squall (n)
Brief, violent storm
Assuage (v)
To calm
Bereft (v)
Deprived; parted from
Ardor(n)
Passion;enthusiasm
Libations (n)
Wine or other liquids poured onto the ground as a sacrifice to a god
Implacable (adj)
Incapable of being placated or pacified; not able to calm down
Kine (n)
Cattle
Travail (n)
Work, especially of laborious nature
Restitution (n)
The act of giving back or repaying something that has been lost or stolen
Maelstrom (n)
Large, violent whirlpool
Rancor (n)
Bitter, deep seated ill will; hatred
Insolent (adj)
Rude or disrespectful; insulting
Dissemble (v)
To conceal under a false appearance; to disguise
Lithe (adj)
Flexible; limber
Glower (v)
To stare with sullen anger; to scowl
Equity (n)
Fairness; justice
Maudlin (adj)
Tearfully or foolishly sentimental; overly emotional
Shirker (n)
Person who gets out of doing(or leaves undone) something that needs to be done