The Odyssey Vocabulary

Question 1

Suave

Answer 1

Charming, confident, and elegant

Question 2

Vault

Answer 2

Noun: arched roof; cellar; cave;
leap of a horse

Verb: to leap, bound, jump;
to tumble

Question 3

Supple

Answer 3

Flexible, easily bent; yielding, compliant

Question 4

Roving

Answer 4

Rambling, wandering

Question 5

Slake

Answer 5

Quench, extinguish;

become extinct

Question 6

Libation

Answer 6

Pouring liquor on an object as a sacrifice to deity

Question 7

Galingale

Answer 7

A formerly used perfume

Question 8

Overween

Answer 8

Think to highly, arrogantly, or conceitedly

Question 9

Circumspect

Answer 9

Looking on all sides; cautious, prudent, watchful

Question 10

Drove

Answer 10

A herd or flock driven, typically irrational animals

Question 11

Keel

Answer 11

The principal timber of a ship, extending from stern to bow at the bottom and supporting the whole frame

Question 12

Comber

Answer 12

An occupation combing wool

Question 13

Grisly

Answer 13

Frightful, horrible, terrible, typically describing features

Question 14

Cordial

Answer 14

Proceeding from the heart, sincere, warm, affectionate

Question 15

Ultimatum

Answer 15

A final proposition, with terms firmly set, rejection leading to an end of negotiations

Question 16

Strapping

Answer 16

Tall, lusty

Question 17

Plying

Answer 17

Performing; urging; pressing to make way against the wind

Question 18

Lustrous

Answer 18

Bright, shining, luminous

Question 19

Sere

Answer 19

Dry, withered

Question 20

Gallants

Answer 20

Gay, well dressed, showy, splendid, magnificent

Question 21

Squalid

Answer 21

Foul, filthy

Question 22

Swagger

Answer 22

To bluster, bully, or boast

Question 23

Apt

Answer 23

Fit, suitable

Inclined, ready, quick

Question 24

Retainer

Answer 24

A servant, an adherent, a dependent