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Vocabulary: The Oddysey

Terms in this set (39)

Beguiling
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
Glutton
a person who east and drinks excessively or vorvaciously
Insolence
contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech
Illustrious
highly distinguished; renowned; famous
Intervene
to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede
Harangue
(n) a ranting speech or writing
(v) to make a ranting speech
Din
a loud confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clammor
Ravenous
very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification
Audacity
bold or arrogant disregard for normal restraints
Lucid
permitting passage of light; clear; clear to the underatanding
Lament
(n) a crying out of grief
(v) to express sorrow, mourning, or regret
Allot
to assign as a share or portion
Insidious
awaiting a chance to entrap, treacherous; harmful but enciting
Brazen
marked by contemptuous boldness
Rebuff
to reject or criticize sharply, snub
Pang
a brief piercing of pain; a sharp attack of mental anguish
Clamor
(n) noisy shouting; a loud continuous noise
(v) to make a din; to become loudly insistent
Impeccable
not capable of sinning or liable of sin; flawless
Abhor
to regard with extreme repugnance; to loathe
Sojourn
(n) a temporary stay
(v) to stay as a temporary resident
Mandate
(n) an authoritative command
(v) to make mandatory; to require
Guile
deceitful; cunning; duplicity
Malignant
tending to produce death or deterioration
Parcel
(n) a fragment; a portion
(v) to divide into parts, to distribute
Uncouth
awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior
Deference
respect and esteem due to a superior or elder
Inquisitive
given to examination or investigation; inclined to ask questions
Dismay
(n) sudden loss of courage or resolution from fear
(v) to cause to lose courage or resolution, to upset
Equity
justice according to natural law of right; specifically freedom from bias or favoritism
Abash
to destroy the self-possession or self confidence of; to embarass
Languish
to become feeble or weak
Contentious
exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes
Impertinence
Irrelevance, inappropriateness, incivility
Ponderous
of very great weight; unwieldy or clumsy because of weight and size
Affront
(n) a deliberate offense; insult
(v) to insult especially to the face by behavior or language
Formidible
causing fear or dread; impressive
Mutinous
rebellious, unruly
Profusion
extravagance; great quantity; lavish display
Rouge
(n) a dishonest, worthless person; scoundrel
(adj.) corrupt; dishonest
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