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Odyssey vocab list #3
Terms and defs from books 13-24 of the odyssey
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9th Grade
12/03/2013

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CongenialCongeal genial
Definition

Adj.

agreeable, friendly, pleasant (b/c of similarity)

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Staunch
Definition

Adj.

firm and steadfast, true

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Loathsome
Definition

Adj.

disgusting (something you don't want to look at)

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Debauchery
Definition

N.

extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures

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RaucousRaucous
Definition

Adj.

boisterous, disorderly

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Reproach
Definition

V.

to express disapproval of, rebuke

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Sumptuous
Definition

Adj.

lavish, suggesting great expense

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Vagrant
Definition

N.

a wanderer

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Zeal
Definition

N.

enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal

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Craven
Definition

Adj.

cowardly, contemptibly timid

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Seethe
Definition
to be violently excited or agitated, to churn as if boiling
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Sardonic
Definition

Adj.

scornful, cynically mocking

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Squalid
Definition

Adj.

filthy (Ant: clean)

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Pliant
Definition

Adj.

supple enuf to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking 

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Defer
Definition

v.

to submit thru respect or recognition of authority

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