Odyssey Flashcards
(73 cards)
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Epic
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Long narrative poem
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Archetype
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Original pattern
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Epithet
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Brief descriptive phrase
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Allusion
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Reference to famous person place or event
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Ardor
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Passion
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Harried
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Tormented
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Valor
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Personal bravery
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Besiege
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To overwhelm a city
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Veer
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To turn aside from a course
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Desolate
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Barren, deserted
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Pungent
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Sharp sensation of smell
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Ornate
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Heavily ornamented
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Mandate
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Authoritative order
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Anguish
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Suffering or pain
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Exile
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To expel or banish a person
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Cease
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To end
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Forlorn
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Unhappy or miserable
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Formidable
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Of great strength, powerful
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Lofty
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Elevated in rank
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Prolific
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Producing in large quantities or with great frequency
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Teeming
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With abundance
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Muster
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To assemble
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Sow
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To plant a seed for
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Indifferent
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Without interest or concern
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Hospitable
Generously treating guests
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Civility
Politeness
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Stoke
To stir up
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Entreat
To beg or implore
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Ponderous
Heavy in a clumsy way
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Profusion
Abundance
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Meditation
The act of reflective thought
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Adversary
An enemy
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Beguile
To charm or please
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appalled
Filled with dismay
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Foreboding
Sense of approaching evil
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Frantic
Desperate with wild wild excitement
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Assuage
To calm or pacify
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Brazen
Shameless
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bereft
Deprived
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To skirt
To avoid
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Abominable
Hateful horrible
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Travail
Painful effort
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Sure
Urgent
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Hail
To cheer/salute
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Incredulity
Disbelief
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Marvel
Something that causes wonder and astonishment
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Pillar
An upright shaft or structure of stone
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Commandeer
To take control of by force
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Adversity
Hardship; misfortune
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Interval
A space between things
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Taut
Tense
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Contemptible
Deserving of scorn
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Revelry
Festivity
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Foe
Enemy
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Contempt
The feeling of regarding something as mean l
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Restitution
Repayment for loss or damage
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Implacable
Impossible to soothe
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Lurch
An awkward swaying motion
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Revulsion
A sudden feeling of disgust or loathing
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Aloof
Standoffish
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Tremulous
Trembling or shaking
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Desolation
Lonely grief; misery
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Abyss
A deep space, cavity
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Romp
To play in a lively manner
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Periphery
External boundary of a surface
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Plod
Proceed in a slow tedious manner
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Obsolete
Out of date
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Intermittent
Stopping or ceasing for a time
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Commune
Communicate intimately
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Audacious
Bold
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Maneuvers
Training exercises carried out by troops
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Inhabitant
Someone who inhabits a place
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Defy
To challenge the power of
