The Odyssey- Vocabulary

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Week 1
Plundered (v): to take goods by force
Seething (v): to get angry to the point of becoming violent
Exulted (v): to rejoice; to show joy
Supple (adj.): something that is easily bent; flexible
Thwart (v): to obstruct; to frustrate
Uncanny (adj.): something mysterious and eerie
Gorging (v): swallowing greedily
Revile (v): to speak abusively
Wary (adj.): watchful; being on guard against danger
Poised (adj.): someone who is composed and self-assured
Week 2
Lavish (adj.): abundant;], generous
Insolent (adj.): someone who is rude and/or disrespectful
Shrewdly (adverb): someone who is clever/sharp in practical affairs
Guile (noun): cunning, sly behavior
Ultimatum (noun): final demand
Pernicious (adj.): dangerous, harmful
Nonchalantly (adverb): casually, calmly
Libations (noun): liquid offering
Flotilla (noun): a fleet of ships
Week 4
Burnished (adj.): polished, gilded
Gallant (adj.): brave, chivalrous
Ambrosia (noun): food! nectar of the gods
Slaked (v): satisfy (thirst, revenge)
Muzzle (v): impose silence or restraint
convoy: (noun) group of ships, vehicles, etc. traveling together or under escort
pungent: (adj.) having a sharp or strong taste or smell/sarcastic or biting, as in remark
foiled: (verb) frustrated, baffled, defeated
chided (verb) scolded, rebuked
blithe (adj) blissful, happy /or careless, casual
Week 5
beguiled (verb) charmed, amused/distracted, deluded
scour (verb) to cleanse, brighten, scrub, wash,/hasten over, searching thoroughly in pursuit
suppliants (noun, pl) applicants, petitioners, suitors
ravenous (adj) very hungry, voracious
brackish (adj) slightly salty
ramparts (noun): battlements, fortifications, fortified walls
Provisions (noun): supplies, necessities, food/water rations
Furrow (noun): a groove, channel, crease on someone's face or in the ground
Prowess (noun): ability, skill, expertise

Vied (past tense of verb to vie): competed, struggled, fought for

Week 6
Mutinous (adjective): rebellious, insubordinate, revolutionary
Unscathed (adjective): unharmed, intact, safe
Ruddy (adjective): reddish, rosy, flushed, healthy-looking
Gouge (verb): to scratch or chisel something or to extort or extract something
Mete (verb): to distribute or dole out
Doting (adjective): fond, loving, devoted or foolish
En masse: all together, as a group (in one mass)
Potent (adjective): strong, powerful, forceful
Cower (verb): to cringe, recoil, tremble in fear
Rebuke (verb/noun): to reprimand or scold (verb); a reproach or reprimand (noun)
Week 7
Pyre (noun): a pile of wood typically used to burn a body as part of a funeral rite
Stealth - noun - the action of stealing or of entering or leaving a place undetected
Sinews - noun - tendons taken out of an animal's body and used for binding
August - adjective - inspiring, majestic, revered
Gird - noun - a strap or band of any kind; - verb - to encircle with a belt or a girdle
Vagabonds - noun - people who wander without home or occupation; vagrants, rogues, loafers
Ignominious - adjective - shameful or disgraceful,
Blanching - verbal noun - the action of making something white; verb - to bleach
Regalia - noun - rights belonging to a ruler, royal powers or privileges
Scourge - noun - a cause of a calamity or of a disaster; - verb - to whip severely, to flog

Week 8
Abyss - noun - the cavity of the lower world; the infernal pit; a bottomless gulf or void
Shun - verb - to abhor, detest, loathe; to flee from; to avoid
Concocted - verb - to have contrived, made up, or fabricated
Vex - verb - to trouble, afflict, harass
Ignoble - adjective - of low birth or humble station; mean, dishonorable, base
Squalid - adjective - repulsive, loathsome, filthy
Gallant (n): a young man of fashion
Foundered (v): to become disabled; especially: to go lame; to come to grief: fail
Paltry (adj.): inferior, trashy, mean, despicable
Irreproachable (adj.): blameless

Week 9
Pensive (adj.): musingly or dreamily thoughtful
Pondered (v.): to think about: reflect on
Magnanimous (adj.): showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind
Dumbfounded (adj.): to confound briefly and usually with astonishment
Shirk (v.): to go stealthily, secretly; to avoid the performance of an obligation
Berth (n.): sufficient distance for maneuvering a ship; an amount of distance maintained for safety
Treacherous (adj.): someone likely to betray
Qualm (n): a sudden attack of illness, faintness
Vagrant (n.): wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
Coax (v.): to encourage
Week 10
Unguent (n.): an anointment put on wounds
Raucous (adj.): rowdy or disorderly
Contrive (v.): to plan, to invent, to plot
Deft (adj.): to be very skilled at
Evanescent (adj.): vanishing, fading away, fleeting
Portents (n.): an indication of something (usually bad) about to happen
Wily (adj.): crafty, cunning
Banter (n.): an exchange of lighthearted remarks; witty exchange
Toils (n.): a difficult, laborious task
Sardonic (adj.): a mocking, sneering, cynical remark/comment
Week 11
Snide (adj.): derogatory, nasty manner
Charlatan (n.): someone who pretends to have more knowledge/experience than they actually have; a quack
Succulent (adj.): juicy
Wield (v.): to use (a weapon/instrument) effectively
Limber (adj.): someone/something that is very flexible
Pique (v.): to arouse an emotion or to provoke a reaction
tottered (v.): to shake, tremble; to walk in a rocking motion
Infernal (adj.): something hellish or fiendish
Rummage (v.): to search thoroughly
Week 12
Callous (adj.): being insensitive, cruel and/or unsympathetic
Broached (v.): to mention, to suggest something for the first time
Wraiths (n.): an apparition of a living person (supposed to be dead)
Waned (v.): to decrease in strength or in intensity
Sloth (n.): indolence or laziness
Distraught (adj.): being deeply agitated, upset
Affront (n.): an offense to one's dignity, pride, an act of disrespect; (v.): to offend by a public display of
disrespect