English vocab the Odyssey book

Set: English vocab the Odyssey book

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	Term	Definition
	ordained	predestined
	patrimony	an inheritance from a father or other ancestor
	baleful	deadly, sinister
	buffets	to strike against forcefully
	relent	to give in
	renown	the state of being famous
	retainers	a servant or attendant
	din	a jumble of loud and harsh sounds
	engendering	to bring into existence
	divining and divination	to know by inspiration, prediction
	sage	having wisdom
	lament	mourn
	cunning	given ability to deceive
	shroud	a cloth used to wrap a body for burial
	foreboding	to indicate the likelihood of, portend; to prophecy or predict
	malice	extreme ill will or spite
	insolent	extremely disrespectful
	precedence	claimed or received because of superiority
	hekatomb	a sacrifice of 100 oxen/cattle
	stratagem	military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise an enemy
	pacify	to ease anger or agitation of
	rite	a ceremonial act or series of acts
	mulled	to ponder extensively
	illustrious	well-known, distinguished
	lithe	flexible, limber
	desolation	ruin, devestation
	revel	to take great pleasure or delight; to pluck, retract, pull back
	surfeit	overindulgence in food or drink
	dissemble	to disguise or conceal behind a false appearance
	clamor	to exclaim insistently and noisily

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