The Odyssey Vocab qhs eng h1

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  1. Abominably

in a hateful way

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Lurk

to lie hidden ready to ambush

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Chaos

great disorder or confusion

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Scourge

\n a cause of great suffering or destruction

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Dwindle

\n to become gradually less; diminish

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Peril

danger, risk

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Dire

dreadful terrible

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Anguish

great physical or mental suffering

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Comandeer

to take control of by force

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Plunder

to rob of property by force; steal from

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Adversity

unfavorable fortune or fate

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Frenzy

a wildly excited state of mind.

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Omen

an event thought to foretell good or evil; sign

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Contemptible

deserving of scorn or disdain

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Revelry

noisy merrymaking; festivity

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Throng

A large weathering; crowd

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Restitution

a making good for loss or damage; repayment

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Implacable

\n Impossible to sooth

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Aloof

\n Distant, remote

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Desolation

A lonely grief; misery

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Formidable

Causing fear

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Guile

skillful slyness; craftiness

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Long (longed)

to have an earnest or strong desire of craving; yearn

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Indifferent

having no interest or concern

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Prodigious

extraordinary in size, very big

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Brute

a nonhuman creature; beast; a brutal, insensitive, or crude person

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Ignorant

\n lacking information or knowledge

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entreat

to ask earnestly

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avenge

\n to take revenge on behalf

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whim

sudden typically odd impulse or notion

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Appalled

filled with dismay; horrified

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