Odyssey Book 5 Vocab

Question 1

Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; exeedingly harmful

Answer 1

Pernicious

Question 2

Excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

Answer 2

Rapacious

Question 3

A legally binding command or desision entered on the court record

Answer 3

Decree

Question 4

Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding

Answer 4

Tutelary

Question 5

An edge tool used to cut and shape wood

Answer 5

Adze

Question 6

Hand tool used for boring holes; a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

Answer 6

Auger

Question 7

A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

Answer 7

Haversack

Question 8

Strip the skin off

Answer 8

Flay

Question 9

Wish ill or allow unwillingly; be envious of; set ones heart on

Answer 9

Begrudge

Question 10

Wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel

Answer 10

Gunwale