Odyssey Vocab. Flashcards

(10 cards)

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Adversary

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(N) ones opponent in a contest

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Assuage

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(V) make unpleasant feeling less intense

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3
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Adversity

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(N) difficulties; misfortunes

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4
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Commandeer

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(V) officially take position or control of something

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5
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Appalled

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(V) greatly dismay or horrify

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6
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Travailed

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(V) Engage in painful or laborious effort.

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Profusion

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(N) An abundance or large quantity of something.

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8
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Ponderous

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(Adj) Slow and clumsy because of great weight

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Restitution

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(N) an act of restoring or a condition of being restored

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Foreboding

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(N)
Fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen.
(Adj)
Implying or seeming to imply that something bad is going to happen.

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