The Odyssey Vocabulary

plunder (verb)

plunder (verb)

to steal; to rob of goods by force

valor (noun) (or= person, thing that)

bravery

formidable (adj.) (for= intensify); (mid= middle); (able= capable of being)

capable of arousing intense feelings of fear inside

guile (noun)

trickery; dishonesty; craftiness

irked (verb)

troubled; tormented; plagued

rouse (verb)

to awaken from sleep; to stir up; to excite

lout (noun)

an awkward, stupid person

mandate (noun) (man= to order, command); (ate= to become associated with)

a command; to associate with an order

entreat (verb) (en, em= in among, within; intensify)

to ask or beg intensely

bliss (noun)

extreme happiness

appalled (verb)

to be filled with disgust or horror

ponderous (adj.) (pond, pend, pens= to weigh, pay, consider); (ous- having the quality of)

having the quality of weighing a lot; huge; massive

din (noun)

loud, confused prolonged noise

ponder (verb) (pond= to weigh, pay, consider)

to consider carefully; to reflect

profusion (noun) (pro=before, forward, forth); (fus= pour); (ion= being, the result of)

a large amount; an overabundance; the result of pouring forth too much

cordial (adj.) (cord= heart); (ial= function of)

hearty; warm; sincere; friendly; functioning from the heart

reel (verb)

to be thrown off balance or fall back

sage (noun)

wise; judicious; noun- a wise person

convey (verb) (con= with)

to carry with; to transport

meditations (noun) (med= middle); (tions- being, the result of)

thoughts (resulting from the middle of your head)

prodigious (adj.) (pro= before, forth, forward); (ous= having the quality of)

having the quality of bringing forward an impressively great size; large

adversary (noun) (ad= to, toward, at, to, near); (vers, vert= turn); (ary= relating to, like)

enemy; turns toward the opposite of you

disdain (noun) (dis- apart, away, not)

hatred; apart from the norm

assuage (verb) (age= belongs to)

to calm; to soothe; belongs to comfort

compel (verb) (com= together, common); (pel= drive, force)

to force together

implacable (adj.) (im= not, without); (able= capable of being)

not capable of being satisfied

rancor (noun) (or= person or thing that)

hatred or ill will

insolent (adj.) (in= in, into); (sol= alone); (ent= to form)

disrespectfully arrogant; inside one is alone and into oneself only

atone (verb) (a= on, away, from, off)

to make amends for; to ask for forgiveness from others

stealth (noun)

the act of moving in a sneaky, hidden, undetectable way

perils (noun)

dangers

shun (verb)

to shut out; to avoid; to keep away

ardor (noun) (or= person or thing that)

person or thing that has intensity of emotion, passion, or desire

dwindle (verb)

to gradually make or become less

tumult (noun)

the din or commotion of a great crowd

flounder (verb)

to sink

dire (adj.)

warning of disaster; dreadful; urgent

provisions (noun) (pro- positive, for); (vis= see); (ion= being, the result of)

a stock of food; being / having a lot of food

appease (verb)

to calm; to satisfy, especially by meeting demands

insidious (adj.) (in= within, in); (sid= to sit, to settle), (ous= having the quality of)

having the quality to entrap; to be tricky within; seductive

restitution (noun)

repayment; the act of making good for loss, damage, or injury

dissemble (verb) (dis- apart, away, not); (ble= capable of being)

to hide away with a false appearance; tcapable of being disguised

lithe (adj.)

readily bent; graceful

incredulity (noun) (in= within, in); (cred= believe); (ty= condition, quality of)

quality of being in disbelief; shock

wrath (noun)

violent rage; hatred

glowering (adj.)

full of anger and hatred

impudence (noun) (im=in, on, upon, into, toward); (ence= state, fact, quality of)

disrespect; rudeness; quality of being in disrespect

rebuke (verb) (re= again)

to scold; to reprimand repeatedly

renowned (adj.) (re= again)

widely known; famous often

folly (noun)

foolishness

evade (verb) (e= out, away)

to escape away

smote (verb)

to kill (past tense of smite)

keen (adj.)

physically sharp; intellectually smart

contempt (noun) (con= with)

with open disrespect or willful disobedience

hone (verb)

to sharpen

aloof (adj.) (a= away)

distant, away; not friendly; unapproachable

pact (noun)

an agreement; a contract

tremulous (adj.) (ous= having the quality of)

vibrating or quivering; having the quality of trembling

abyss (noun) (a= away)

a deep pit; away from the norm

prevail (verb) (pre= before)

to win; to overcome first