The Odyssey Vocab qhs eng h1

1. Abominably

in a hateful way

Lurk

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to lie hidden ready to ambush

Chaos

great disorder or confusion

Scourge

\n a cause of great suffering or destruction

Dwindle

\n to become gradually less; diminish

Peril

danger, risk

Dire

dreadful terrible

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Anguish

 

great physical or mental suffering

Comandeer

to take control of by force

Plunder

to rob of property by force; steal from

Adversity

unfavorable fortune or fate

Frenzy

a wildly excited state of mind.

Omen

an event thought to foretell good or evil; sign

Contemptible

deserving of scorn or disdain

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Revelry

 

noisy merrymaking; festivity

Throng

A large weathering; crowd

Restitution

a making good for loss or damage; repayment

Implacable

\n Impossible to sooth

Aloof

\n Distant, remote

Desolation

A lonely grief; misery

Formidable

Causing fear

Guile

skillful slyness; craftiness

Long (longed)

to have an earnest or strong desire of craving; yearn

Indifferent

having no interest or concern

Prodigious

extraordinary in size, very big

Brute

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

Ignorant

\n lacking information or knowledge

entreat

to ask earnestly

avenge

\n to take revenge on behalf

whim

sudden typically odd impulse or notion

Appalled

filled with dismay; horrified