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Odyssey vocab
vocabulary from The Odyssey
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10th Grade
10/08/2012

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coppice n.
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A thicket or dense growth of bushes and trees
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ignominious adj.
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discreditable or humiliating
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Hoary adj.
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White or whitish-grey in color
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Cuckold n.
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A man whose wife has committed adultery, usually regarded as an object of scorn
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Coffer n.
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a box or chest, usually used to store valuables
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Hawser n.
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A heavy rope used for towing
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Pernicious
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wicked or malicious
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Effulgence n.
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Radiant or brilliant
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Anon adj.
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In a short time, or soon
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Vagabound
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A person with no fixed home, or a beggar
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vagrom adj.
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wandering or roaming from place to place, or nomadic
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feckless adj.
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having no sense of responsibility
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Adjure v.
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to request or urge someone solemnly to do something
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harrow v.
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cause distress to
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lacrimation n.
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the flow of tears
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chafe v
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to become annoyed or impatient because of a restriction or inconvenience
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boon n.
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benefit
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farrow adj.
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not pregnant
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execration n.
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curse
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Morion n.
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High crested helmet without a visor
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Gallant n.
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a brave and chivalrous man
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luffer n.
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a slat that allows light in but not rain
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distaff n.
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a staff with a cleft end for holding wool or flax from which the threat is drawn in spinning by hand
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lissom adj.
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nimble or active
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redress n.
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to right a wrong
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dun v.
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to make repeated demands on something
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dolorous adj.
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grievous
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cajole v.
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to persuade by flattery or promises
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antediluvian
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old fashioned
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solemnity
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state of being grave
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roysterer
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to act in a swaggering or boisterous manner
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capapie adj
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from head to feet
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tripe
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first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminent
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chitterlings
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small intestine of swine
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cavalier
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a knight
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portent
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indication of something about to happen
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daughty
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steadfastly courageous
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craven
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cowardly
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machinations
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crafty schemes or plots
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rue
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to regret bitterly
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filial
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something due to a parent of a child
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