Lang./Lit. Odyssey Vocab

delectable, delicious, heavenly (Noun form is ambrosia)

fervor, passion, devotion (from a French verb meaning "to burn")

open acknowledgement, frank admission (The very bis avow, to confess or admit

projecting or overhanging, especially in a threatening way (related to eyebrows)

attractive, alluring (The verb is beguile)

made of brass (but also bold, shameless, impertinent)

dead, rotting flesh, such as an animal carcass

consecrated oil mixed with balsam (an herb) and used in religious rituals (also spelled chrisom)

long waves that have reached their peak and broken into foam

forced, artificial, strained, phony (The very is contrive)

messenger, envoy, someone who quickly delivers something important

battle armor (usually hard leather) which covers the chest and back

sad, gloomy, hopeless, inconsolable

behaving in a nervous, agitated, or indecisive manner (The verb is dither)

a strong feeling that something bad will happen

intimidating, awesome, poewrful

bitterness of spirit, resentment, a sarcastic attitude

deep cleft, stomach, any gaping place, to overeat (from a middle English word meaning "throat")

cunning, skillful deceit (The adjective is guileful)

harassed, annoyed, repeatedly attacked (The verb is harry)

shamelessness, offensive boldness

not caring, not interested, apathetic (The noun is indifference)

a prayer or request for guidance, supplication, entreaty (The very is invoke)

wine or some other liquid poured out in honor of a deity (or sometimes, just to drink)

an awkward, clumsy, or stupid person, oaf, boor

a violent whirlpool or something else that is tumultuous or chaotic

to assemble or gather a military force, or to gather something else, such as courage (Muster=both n and v)

a religious offering

related to the chest. Pectoral fleece would be wool between a sheep's front legs (On men, we say "pecs")

a seabird that flies close to the surface of the water

extraordinary in size, strength, or talent (The noun is prodigy)

abundance, extravagance, a lot (The adjective is profuse)

a high point of land projecting into the sea, a cliff, a headland

to entertain lavishly, to provide choice food and drink

repayment, compensation

boisterous festivity, merrymaking (The verb is revel)

someone or something that administers severe punishment

crowded closely together

small pebbles or stones on a beach or near a river

hit, struck, wounded (Yesterday I smote him. Today I will smite him. He has been smitten.)

a unit of fighting men or shipss (NOw we often use the short form - squad)

to yield, to give up, to die (From an old verb that means "to lie down" as in recumbent)

swarming, overflowing (The verb is teem)

a tax, a levy, an obligatory payment (usually 10%)

difficult work, toil, anguish

trembling, shaking, quivering

a wanderer, a nomad, a tramp, a vagrant

courage, bravery, determination in danger (The adjective is valorous, or just valiant)

food supplies, provisions (vittles=pronunciation)

made of pliable branches or twigs, wicker, made of willow