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Odyssey Vocabulary
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9th Grade
02/25/2013

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formidable
Definition
causing fear or dread
Awe-inspiring in size or excellence
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muster
Definition
to gather and display; to collect
to assemble as for inspection
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rogue
Definition
a strictness or exactness; an extreme hardship or difficulty
cheat; dishonest or mischievous person; tramp
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brace
Definition
a props; a pair; anything that imparts rigidity or steadiness.
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adversary
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an enemy; opponent; defendant or opposing others
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stealth
Definition
secret or artfully sly action or behavior
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vile
Definition
wicked; sinful; unpleasant; morally despicable;
highly disagreeable; very bad; foul or filthy
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sage
Definition
wise person
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carrion
Definition
decaying flesh; rotten or anything vile
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weird
Definition
fate; involving or suggesting the supernatural; unearthly or uncanny; fantastic or bizarre
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ambrosial
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fit for the gods; divine;
exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell
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dire
Definition
terrible fight; causing great fear or suffering; misfortune or dreadful; urgent or desperate
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tried
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subjected to hardship, worry, trouble, or the like.
attempt or accomplish
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louts
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awkward or stupid person; clumsy; ill mannered oaf
scorn; flout; treat with contempt
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prodigious
Definition
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc
marvelous; monstrous abnormal
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appalled
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to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay; horrify or daunt
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ponderous
Definition
awkward; unwieldily
of great weight; heavy; massive.
dull or labored
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profusion
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great quantity or amount; abundant
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divers
Definition
several; various; sundry
indefinite number more than one
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avowal
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an open statement of affirmation; frank acknowledgment or admission.
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glade
Definition
open face in the forest; clearing
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fawned
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a light yellowish-brown color; bring forth youth
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swinish
Definition
brutishly coarse, gross, or sensual.
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innards
Definition
the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.
the internal mechanism, parts, structure, etc., of something; the interior of something
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snare
Definition
anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap.
entangle; to catch or involve by trickery or wile
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