The Odessey Vocab Flashcards
(33 cards)
1
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Formidable
A
Causing fear
2
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Victual
A
Food
3
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Appalled
A
To be horrified or shocked
4
Q
Shipwright
A
A carpenter who builds or repairs ships
5
Q
Adz
A
An ax like tool
6
Q
Mammoth
A
Gigantic
7
Q
Titanic
A
Huge
8
Q
Brace
A
A rope used to swing or secure the sails of a ship
9
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Ardor
A
Great passion, emotional warmth
10
Q
Comber
A
A large ocean wave
11
Q
Spume
A
Froth or foam
12
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Grapple
A
A grip or clutch
13
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Supplication
A
A humble request or prayer 
14
Q
Entrails
A
The internal organs of humans and animals
15
Q
Overweening
A
Overbearing
16
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Forestay
A
A rope supporting the front mast of a ship
17
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Contentious
A
Quarrelsome, ready to argue
18
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Mustered
A
To (have) gather together
19
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Civility
A
Niceness
20
Q
Smithy
A
A workshop with metal is heated and hammered into particular objects
21
Q
Hale
A
Strong
22
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Breach
A
An opening or a gap in a wall
23
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Nymph
A
Nature goddess
24
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Plumb
A
Exactly
25
Founder
To sink
26
Travail
Agony
27
Blanched
To have become pale or white
28
Appease
To satisfy or relieve
29
Insidious
Treacherous and stealthy
30
Tripe
The stomach lining of cattle, used for food
31
Restitution
The making good or paying for damage or loss
32
Bilge
The water around the lower part of a ship
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Ponderous
Extremely heavy
