Vocabulary List #4
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chocobery12 on November 8, 2011
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Vocabulary from The Odyssey Books 17-24
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 congenial | adj. agreeable; friendly; pleasant (because of similarity); (synonym: cordial) |
| staunch | adj. firm and steadfast; true |
| loathsome | adj. disgusting |
| debauchery | n. extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures |
| raucous | adj. boisterous; disorderly |
| reproach | v. to express disapproval of; to rebuke |
| sumptuous | adj. lavish; suggesting great expense |
| vagrant | n. a wanderer |
| zeal | n. enthusiastic devotion to a cause, idea, or goal |
| craven | adj. cowardly; contemptibly timid |
| seethe | v. to be violently excited or agitated; to churn as if oiling |
| sardonic | adj. scornful; cynically mocking |
| squalid | adj. filthy |
| pliant | adj. supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| defer | v. to submit through respect of recognition of authority |
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