Iliad Vocab (Shulman)
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Abstain | ![]() To not do something; refrain |
Clamor | ![]() A loud noise |
Defile | ![]() stain or pollute |
Destitute | ![]() extremely poor; lacking necessities like food and shelter |
Elude | ![]() escape, either physically or mentally |
Evade | ![]() use cleverness or deceit to escape or avoid |
Evocation | ![]() a summoning or calling forth |
Exult | ![]() to rejoice greatly |
Felicity | ![]() happiness; bliss |
Flouting | ![]() to show contempt for; scorn |
Gall | ![]() irritate or vex |
Havoc | ![]() great confusion and disorder |
Overborne | ![]() overcome; crushed; oppresed |
Ponderous | ![]() slow and laborious because of weight |
Quell | ![]() to subdue, put down forcibly |
Scourge | ![]() a person who inspires fear or dread |
Suppliant | ![]() asking humbly and earnestly |
Surfeit | ![]() the state of being more than full |
Vulnerable | ![]() susceptible to physical or emotional injury |
Whetted | ![]() sharpened |
Piteously | ![]() sorrowfully; in a way that makes others feel sorry for someone |
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