1. The Odyssey
Vocabulary

2. The Odyssey Book 1
Muse: a daughter of Zeus, credited with divine inspiration harried: tormented, harrassed

3. The Odyssey Book 9
mustered: assembled, gathered stern: the rear end of a ship victuals: food

4. The Odyssey Book 9
ponderous: heavy in a clumsy way; bulky profusion: abundance nectar and ambrosia: the drink and food of the gods

5. The Odyssey Book 9
smithy: blacksmith’s shop adze: an axlike tool with a curved blade sage: wise

6. breach: opening adversary: an opponent, enemy avowal: honest admission
The Odyssey Book 9
breach: opening adversary: an opponent, enemy avowal: honest admission

7. aft: behind offing: the part of the deep sea visible from the shore
The Odyssey Book 9
aft: behind offing: the part of the deep sea visible from the shore

8. The Odyssey Book 10
fawned on: showed affection for ambrosial: fit for the gods foreboding: a sense of approaching evil

9. assuage: to calm or pacify flay: to strip off the outer skin of
The Odyssey Book 11
assuage: to calm or pacify flay: to strip off the outer skin of

10. kneaded: squeezed and pressed abominably: in a hateful way; horribly
The Odyssey Book 12
kneaded: squeezed and pressed abominably: in a hateful way; horribly

11. The Odyssey Book 12
maelstrom: a large, violent whirlpool founder: sink combers: breaking waves

12. travail: painful effort grapple: grasp
The Odyssey Book 12
travail: painful effort grapple: grasp

13. The Odyssey Book 17
swineherd: a person whose job is to take care of pigs muzzle: the long nose and mouth of an animal

14. The Odyssey Book 17
rubbish: things that are no longer useful and have been thrown out dung: the solid waste of an animal

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savage: not domesticated; lacking restraints of human behavior that are no longer useful and have been thrown out captivity: state of being kept in a place and not free

16. suitors: men wanting to marry a particular woman
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suitors: men wanting to marry a particular woman

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beggar: a person who lives by begging for food and money archery: sport or skill of shooting a bow and arrow

18. The Odyssey Book 21
quiver: case in which arrows are carried commandeer: to take control of by force

19. The Odyssey Book 21
adversity: hardship; misfortune heft: weight smote: struck; affected sharply

20. The Odyssey Book 22
revelry: noisy merrymaking, festivity runnels: streams mortal: certain to die, causing death

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entrails: internal organs rash: foolish; thoughtless restitution: a making good for loss or damage; repayment

22. tithe: payment implacable: impossible to soothe, unforgiving
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tithe: payment implacable: impossible to soothe, unforgiving

23. The Odyssey Book 23
lavished: showered immortals of Olympus: the Greek gods, who live on Mt. Olympus

24. The Odyssey Book 23
tremulous: marked by trembling of shaking desolation: lonely grief, misery