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The Odyssey Vocabulary
Vocabulary words from the book
37
English
9th Grade
12/03/2010

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Term

Harried

(v.)

Harry

(present tense)

Definition
To harrass or annoy
Term

Plundered

(v.)

Definition
To take wrongfully, robbery
Term

Valor

(n.)

Definition
Heroic courage; boldness or determination
Term

Desolate

(adj.)

Desolation

(n.)

Definition
Deprived of inhabitants; deserted; barren
Term

Pungent

(adj.)

Pungency

(n.)

Definition
Sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell; cutting remark
Term

Mandate

(n.)

Mandate

(v.)

Definition
A command from a superior court to a lower one; decree, ruling, edict
Term

Compelled

 (v.)

Definition
To force or drive, especially to a course of action; coerce
Term

Adversity

(n.)

Adverse

(adj.)

Definition
A condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress; catastrophe; misery, affliction, disaster
Term

Formidable

(adj.)

Formidability

(n.)

Definition
Causing fear, apprehension or dread; threatening or intimidating
Term

Detained

(v.)

Detention

(n.)

Definition
To keep from proceeding, temporarily confined
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Surpass

(v.)

Surpassable

(adj.)

Definition
To go beyond in amount, extent or degree; excel or exceed
Term

Prodigious

(adj.)

Prodigiousness

(n.)

Definition
Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, etc.; immense or tremendous
Term

Ravage

(v.)

Ravaging

(adj.)

Definition
To work havoc upon; devasting
Term

Beholden

(adj.)

Definition
Obligated, indebted, liable
Term

Appaled

(adj.)

Appal

(v.)

Definition
To fill or overcome with horror, dismay
Term

Ponderous

(adj.)

 

Definition
Of great weight; awkward; dull, labored
Term

Profusion

(n.)

Profuse

(adj.)

Profusely

(adv.)

 

Definition
Abundance, abundant quantity
Term

Bellowed

(v.)

Definition
To emit a loud cry; to utter in a loud, deep voice
Term

Groping

(v.)

Grope

(v.)

Definition
Moving or going about clumsily; fondling; fumbling or stumbling
Term

Adversary

(n.)

 

Definition
Opposing or attacking force; enemy
Term

Beguiling

(v.)

Definition
To influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; deceive, enticing, misleading
Term

Stealth

(v.)

Stealthy

(adj.)

Definition
Secret, clandestine or surreptitous procedure; covertness or furtiveness
Term

Foreboding

(adj./v.)

Definition
A prediction; strong inner notion (usually a misfortune)
Term

Assuage

(v.)

Assuagement

(n.)

Definition
To make milder or less severe; alleviate
Term

Brazen

(adj.)

Brazeness

(n.)

Definition
Shameless or impudent; defiant; insolent
Term

Implacable

(adj.)

Implacability

(n.)

Definition
Not to be appeased or pacified; unbending; impossible to placate
Term

Bereft

(adj.)

Bereavement

(n.)

Definition
Deprived or desolated usually by death; beareaved, grieving
Term

Insolent

(adj.)

Insolence

(n.)

Definition
Boldly rude or disrespectful
Term

Abominably

(adj.)

Abominable

(adj.)

Abominate

(v.)

Abomination

(n.)

Definition
Repungantly hateful; detestable; revolting
Term

Ferocity

(n.)

Ferocious

(adj.)

Definition
A ferocious quality or state; fierceness, fury
Term

Promontory

(n.)

 

Definition
A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water; plateua overlooking a lowland; bluff or headland
Term

Berth

(v.)

Definition
To shun; to remain discreetly way from
Term

Ardor

(n.)

Definition
Great warmth or feeling; fervor; passion
Term

Dwindled

(v.)

Definition
To become smaller and smaller
Term

Tumult

(n.)

Tumultous

(adj.)

Definition
Violent and noisy commotion or disturbance
Term

Travail

(n.)

Travail

(v.)

Definition
Painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil, labor, agony
Term

Blanched

(v.)

Blanched

(adj.)

Definition
To whiten by removing color
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