English Vocab

The Odyssey

Beguile

Beguile

to charm someone in a deceptive way

Rouse

to wake up

Differential

showing respect

Sullen

bad tempered, sulky, gloomy

Rhapsode

a person who recites epic poems

In media Res

straight into the middle

Hubris

excessive pride

Shroud

encasing or cover

Portents

a sign or a warning that something happened

Libations

a drink poured as an offer to a deity

Verdant

green GRASS

Ambrosia

the food of the gods

Keel

center of the bottom of the boat

Edict

official proclamation by a person of authority

Glutted

to fill excessively

Vernal

green SPRING

Supplicant

someone asking earnestly

Lumbering

moving in a slow heavy awkward way

Cowering

crouch down in fear

Guise

looking different to conceal the true nature of something

Lavish

rich elaborate luxurious

Intuit

to work something out by instinct