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Odyssey Vocabulary set Book2 D
Vocab for second book
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Literature
5th Grade
02/11/2014

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chariot
Definition
cart pulled by horses that you can ride in - usually standing up. Sometimes they had chariot races
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heifer - /heffer/
Definition
female cow
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quest
Definition
a search for something
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guise
Definition
how someone looks, style of dress
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scorn
Definition
hate and ignore something
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omen
Definition
a prediction that something will happen - often bad - black cats are bad omens
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Pylos
Definition
where the Athenians defeats (beat) the Spartans during the Pelopynesian war
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King Menelaus
Definition
He is the king of the Spartans, Odysseus' brother, and he is Helen's husband.
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goblet
Definition
fancy drinking glass
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amber
Definition
hardened sap, sometimes bugs get trapped in it.
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ivory
Definition
elephant tusks that are made into jewelry (illegal)
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flock
Definition
group of birds
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herdsman
Definition
shepherd
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Old Man of the Sea
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seize
Definition
grab
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