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The Odyssey (Homer)                                                                        Words to Know

Translated by Robert Fagles                                                            Books 1-4

1.     colossal

2.     suave

3.     seductive

4.     lofty

5.     unappeased

6.     native

7.     exile

8.     decree

9.     craggy

10. rout

11. mortified

12. burnished

13. staid

14. bard

15. carousing

16. obscenely

17. wary

18. befall

19. conscientious

20. lavished

21. inept

22. parasites

23. reparations

24. amends

25. scepter

26. seized

27. unbridled

28. cunning

29. anguish

30. pity

31. assembly

32. rage

33. coifed

34. ultimatum

35. pinions

36. portents

37. taut

38. babble

39. fraught

40. bevies

41. resolve

42. brazen

43. rouse

44. paltry

45. pernicious

46. sauntered

47. coaxed

48. nonchalantly

49. ruffians

50. redolent

51. oblivion

52. astern

53. libations

54. innards

55. adept

56. interrogating

57. charioteer

58. plunder

59. muster

60. harangued

61. contingent

62. embarked

63. tiller

64. colonnade

65. whetted

66. ardent

67. impetuous

68. hoisting

69. ravines

70. sovereign

71. offense

72. tethered

73. canted

74. troves

75. plied

76. potent

77. marooned

78. shrouds

79. daubing

80. abyss