Odyssey Part 2 Vocab

Maudlin

Maudlin

(adj.) - weakly or overly sentimental - sad

Cower

(v.) - to shrink away or crouch from, something that menaces.

Mortify

(v.) - to humiliate or subject to sever embarrassment.

Carriage

(n.) - manor of barring the body

Renowned

(adj.) – widely acclaimed and highly honored.

Equity

(n.) – justice according to natural law or right; fair or equal treatment

Suffice

(v.) – to enough; to meet or satisfy a need

Dissemble

(v.) – to hide or disappear behind false appearance.

Cutter

(n.) – a sailing vessel with only one mass

Rebuke

(v.) – to criticize sharply.

Suppliant

(adj.) – humbly imploring or expressing supplication.

Impudence

(n.) – cocky boldness, disregard to others

Bemuse

(v.) – to make confused, to puzzle.

Tempered

(adj.) – treated as so to impart increased strength.

Incredulity

(n.) – unable or unwilling to believe.

Bier

(n.) – a stand on which a corpse or coffin is placed.

Emboss

(v.) – to raise in relief from a surface; like mug- raised pattern.

Runnel

(n.) – narrow channel in the ground for liquid to flow through; natural

Ruse

(n.) – an action intended to deceive someone.

Abyss

(n.) – immeasurably deep gulf or great space

Hone

(v.) – sharpen or perfect over time

Contemptible

(adj.) – worthy of being despised.

Disdainful

(adj.) – full of or expressing contempt for something or someone deemed inferior or unworthy.

Hew

(v.) – to cut with blows from heavy instrument.

Shroud

(n.) – burial garment or cloth

Throes

(n.) - pain, spasm, or convulsion associated with pain or death.

Implacable

(adj.) – not capable of being appeased, significantly changed.

Tithe

(n.) - a tenth part of something paid voluntarily especially to a religious establishment.

Contend

(v.) – to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or intensive struggles.