The Odyssey VOCAB

Ordained

to be called or ordered to do something; often by fate or a supreme authority

Reckoning

the action or process of avenging or dispensing punishment; being held accountable for past misdeeds

Baleful

deadly or pernicious in influence; foreboding or threatening evil

Buffets

to carry forth with the wind; knock over or off course

Flouting(ed)

disrespecting or treating with contemptuous disregard or contempt

Clarion

medieval trumpet with clear, shrill tones; the sound of or as if a clarion

Squander

waste; spend extravagantly or foolishly

Plundered

to rob or pillage

Bier

portable framework on which a coffin is laid

Teeming

abounding; swarming; very prolific

Mustered

assembled; collected; summoned

Lout

a clumsy, stupid fellow

Profusion

great quantity; lavish expenditure

Prodigious

extraordinary in bulk; causing amazement or wonder

Victuals

food usable by people

Rogue

a dishonest or worthless person; a mischievous person

Carrion

dead and putrefying flesh

Fawn(ed)

to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner

Impudence(t)

the state of being marked by contemptuous disregard of others

Wanton

being without check or limitation; merciless; inhumane

Oblation

the act of making a religious offering

Disdainful

full of expressing contempt for someone regarded as unworthy or inferior

Smote

the past tense of to strike sharply or heavily