The Odyssey Vocabulary Part 1 1 plunder 2

The Odyssey Vocabulary Part 1 1. plunder 2. valor 3. formidable 4. guile 5. muster 6. sustain 7. prodigious 8. victuals 9. civility 10. appall 11. brute 12. ponderous 13. profusion 14. carrion 15. embark 16. beguile 17. ardor 18. dwindle 19. tumult 20. peril

The Odyssey Vocabulary Part 1 • plunder - (v) to take (property) by force, especially in warfare • valor - (n) great courage, especially in battle • formidable - (adj) causing fear, awe, or admiration as a result of size, strength, power or some other impressive quality • guile - (n) slyness; craftiness; skillful deception (shrewdness) • muster - (v) to gather together (as • • • in an army) sustain - (v) keep alive; support prodigious - (adj) huge; enormous victuals - (n) food civility - (n) polite and courteous behavior appall - (v) to shock or horrify • brute – (adj) having no consciousness or feelings • ponderous - (adj) having great weight or bulk; heavy • profusion (n) – plentiful amount; abundance • carrion – (adj) rotten, filthy • embark – (v) get on board • beguile - (v) to lead by deception • ardor - (n) passion; intensity of emotion; enthusiasm • dwindle - (v) to gradually lessen; diminish • tumult - (n) commotion; uproar • peril - (n) danger; risk; something that may cause injury or destruction