The Odyssey
Terms
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- clamor
- to exclaim insistently and noisily
- stratagem
- a military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise an enemy
- hekatomb
- sacrificing of 100 cattle
- relent
- to give in, as in influence or pressure
- divining and divination
- To know by inspiration, intuition or reflection; (n) An indication of what is future or secret, prediction
- malice
- a desire to harm others or see others suffer
- cunning
- crafty, sly
- dissemble
- to disguise or conceal behind a false appearance
- sage
- having or exhibiting wisdom or wise judgment
- baleful
- deadly, sinister
- renown
- state of being much known and talked of
- buffets
- to strike against forcefully
- engendering
- to bring into existence
- lithe
- limber; capable of being easily bent
- surfeit
- overindulgence in food or drink
- din
- A jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds
- revel
- to take great pleasure or delight; to pluck, retract, pull back
- mulled
- to go over extensively in the mind, ponder
- ordained
- fixed or established
- foreboading
- to prophecy or predict
- pacify
- to ease the anger or agitation
- shroud
- a cloth used to wrap a body for burial
- rite
- a ceremonial act or series of acts
- desolation
- ruin
- patrimony
- An inheritance from a father or other ancestor
- precedence
- superiority
- lament
- mourn
- illustrios
- well-known and very distinguished
- insolent
- audaciously rude or disrespectful
- retainer
- A servant or attendant, especially one in the household of a person of high rank