By Emily Zach Makayla and Josh Quiver Definition Noun a case for holding or carrying arrows From The Odyssey Then back she went to face the crowded hall tremendous bow in hand and on her shoulder hung the ID: 166543
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Vocabulary List 3: The Odyssey
By Emily, Zach, Makayla, and JoshSlide2
Quiver
Definition: (Noun) a case for holding or carrying arrows
From “The Odyssey”: “Then back she went to face the crowded hall, tremendous bow in hand, and on her shoulder hung the
quiver
spiked with coughing death.”
Original Sentence: The gift was a gold
quiver
, with matching gold arrows to put inside.Slide3
Beguiling (Beguile)
Definition: (Adjective) charming or pleasing (with an intent to trick, flatter or mislead)
From “The Odyssey”: “Circe, in her
beguiling
voice, while on her loom she wove an ambrosial fabric sheer and bright, by that craft known to the goddesses of heaven.”
Original Sentence: We had no idea that he was a
beguiling
con man until he tricked us into giving him our money.Slide4
Foreboding (Forebode)
Definition: (Noun) A strong feeling/notion of a future mis
f
ortune, evil, etc.; presentiment
From “The Odyssey”: “But working with dry lips to speak a word he could not, being so shaken; blinding tears welled in his eyes;
foreboding
filled his heart.”
Original Sentence: As we started walking towards the haunted house, a sense of
foreboding
prevented me from going any further.Slide5
Ardor
Definition: (Noun)
Fiery intensity of
feeling, fervor, or passion
From “The Odyssey”: “The lovely voices in
ardor
appealing over the water made me crave to listen, and I tried to say ‘Untie me!’ to the crew, jerking my brows; but they bent steady to the oars.”
Original Sentence: Her/his voice was full of
ardor
because
…Slide6
Implements
Definition: (Noun) A
tool or instrument used in doing work
.
From “The Odyssey”: “Behind
her maids bore a basket full of axe heads, bronze and iron
implements
for the master’s
game.”
Original Sentence: In the fields, many farmers use
implements
to help them grow and harvest crops.Slide7
Assuage
Definition (Verb):
To relieve something
unpleasant or distressing; to calm
or pacify
From “The Odyssey”: “Thus
to
assuage
the nations of the dead I
pledged
these
rites, then slashed the lamb and ewe, letting their black blood stream into the
wellpit
.”
Original Sentence: To
help
assuage
my guilt, I told the truth.Slide8
Keen
Definition: (Adjective) sharply intense and piercing.
From “The Odyssey”: “Salt tears rose from the wells of longing in both men, and cries burst from both as
keen
and fluttering as those of the great taloned hawk, whose nestlings farmers take before they fly.”
Original Sentence:
The knife in the drawer had a
keen
blade. Slide9
Abominably
Definition (Adverb) repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome
From “The Odyssey”: “But that is the den of Scylla, where she yaps
abominably
, a newborn whelp’s cry, though she is huge and monstrous.”
Original Sentence: We
abominably
yelled at each other for taking each others pencil pouches.Slide10
Travail
Definition (Noun) Painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil
From “The Odyssey”: “ And all this time, in
travail
, sobbing, gaining on the current, we rowed into the strait-Scylla to port and on our starboard beam Charybdis, dire gorge of the salt sea tide.”
Original Sentence: Moving the 100 pound weights across the football field was a
travail
because it was hard to move.Slide11
Incredulity
Definition (Noun) inability or unwillingness to believe
From “The Odyssey”: “Only Telemachus, uncomprehending, wild with
incredulity
, cried out: “You cannot be my father Odysseus!”
Original Sentence: The child’s
incredulity
kept him from believing in platypuses.