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Flashcards: The Odyssey Vocabulary Books 1-4

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ordainedpredestined; fixed or established by order or command
patrimonyinheritance from a father or other ancestor
balefuldeadly, dangerous
beguilingdeluding, decieving
buffetsto strike against forcefully, batter
relentto cause to be less harsh or severe; to give in
renownstate of being much known and talked of
retainersservant/attendant (esp. in the household of a highly ranked or celebrated person)
dinjumble of loud sounds
engenderingto generate, procreate, bring to existence
divining/divinationdivining-to know by inspiration, intuition or r seflection; divination- prediction
sageharving or exhibiting wisdom
lamentto express grief; mourn
cunningmarked by deceptiveness and subletly
forebodingto indicate the likelihood of; to predict or prophecy
malicedesire to harm others or see others suffer; extreme ill, spite
insolentrude, disrespectful; impertinent
precedenceprioirty claimed or recieved
hekatombsacrifice to the gods consisting of 100 oxen or cattle
stratagemmilitary maneuver designed to trick or surprise enemy
pacifyto ease angir or agitation
riteceremonial/religious act
mulledto think over a lot, ponder
illustriouswell-known and distinguished;eminent
litheflexible, easily bent
desolationdevestation, ruin
revelto take great pleasure or delight; to pull back, retract
surfeitoverindulgence in food or drink
dissembleto disguise or conceal behind a false appearance
clamorto exclaim insistently and noisily