The Odyssey Vocab Flashcards

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Victuals (n)

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Food or other provisions

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Prodigious (adj)

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Enormous or very big

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Squall (n)

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Brief, violent storm

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Assuage (v)

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To calm

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Bereft (v)

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Deprived; parted from

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Ardor(n)

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Passion;enthusiasm

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Libations (n)

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Wine or other liquids poured onto the ground as a sacrifice to a god

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Implacable (adj)

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Incapable of being placated or pacified; not able to calm down

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Kine (n)

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Cattle

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Travail (n)

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Work, especially of laborious nature

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Restitution (n)

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The act of giving back or repaying something that has been lost or stolen

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Maelstrom (n)

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Large, violent whirlpool

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Rancor (n)

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Bitter, deep seated ill will; hatred

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Insolent (adj)

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Rude or disrespectful; insulting

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Dissemble (v)

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To conceal under a false appearance; to disguise

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Lithe (adj)

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Flexible; limber

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Glower (v)

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To stare with sullen anger; to scowl

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Equity (n)

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Fairness; justice

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Maudlin (adj)

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Tearfully or foolishly sentimental; overly emotional

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Shirker (n)

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Person who gets out of doing(or leaves undone) something that needs to be done