Vocab List 4
BY: BRANDON, TONY, SAMANTHA AND
ADRIANNE
DISDAINFUL
Disdainful-(adjective) Expressing contempt,
disapproval of something or someone who does not
deserve respect.
The Odyssey: “And one disdainful suitor added this:
‘May his fortune grow an inch for every inch he bends
it!’”
Original: With a disdainful glare, he looked at the
man who took the children’s candy.
COMMANDEER
Commandeer-(verb) To seize for military or other
use.
The Odyssey: “My lords, hear me: suitors indeed,
you commandeered this house to feast and drink in,
day and night, my husband being long gone, long out
of mind.”
Original: Her house had been commandeered by the
men, because it had been taken over she had to stay
elsewhere.
ADVERSITY
Adversity-(noun) A condition marked by misfortune,
disaster.
The Odyssey: “I bore adversities, but in the twentieth
year I am ashore in my own land.”
Original: One must overcome many adversities to
make it to their destination.
Implacable
 Definition: (adj)not to be appeased, mollified, or
pacified; inexorable.
 Sentence: “Friends,” he said, “the man is
implacable.”
Original sentence: Our enemy was implacable on the
battlefield.
Revulsion
 Definition: (noun) a strong feeling of repugnance,
distaste, or dislike
 Sentence “Revulsion, anguish in his heart, with both
feet kicking out, he downed his chair, while the
shrouding wave of mist closed on his eyes. Anguish
in his heart, with both feet kicking out, he downed
his chair, while the shrouding wave of mist closed
 Original sentence: The boy had revulsion towards
spiders after he was bitten.
Aloof
DEFINITION: ADJECTIVE: NOT
FRIENDLY OR FORTHCOMING; COOL
AND DISTANT.
T H E O D Y S S E Y S E N T E N C E: “ W H O E L S E
IN THE WORLD WOULD KEEP ALOOF AS
YOU DO FROM HER HUSBAND IF HE
RETURNED TO HER FROM YEARS OF
TROUBLE, CAST ON HIS OWN LAND IN
THE TWENTIETH YEAR?”
SENTENCE: TED WASN’T OUTGOING SO
HE OFTEN STOOD BY ALOOF AWAY FROM
OTHERS.
Tremulous
DEFINITION: ADJECTIVE: SHAKING FROM
NERVOUSNESS, OR WEAKNESS OR FROM
FEAR.
T H E O D Y S S E Y S E N T E N C E: “ T H E I R S E C R E T !
AS SHE HEARD IT TOLD, HER KNEES GREW
TREMULOUS AND WEAK, HER HEART
FAILED HER.”
SENTENCE: GUYS MAY FEEL TREMULOUS
WHEN ASKING SOMEONE TO
HOMECOMING BECAUSE OF LACK OF
DETERMINATION OR FEAR OF REJECTION.
Lavish
Definition: Extravagant; more than is needed, or to give in
great amounts or without limit
POS: Verb
Sentence from story: “…just so Athena lavished beauty over
Odysseus’ head and shoulders.”
Own sentence: Katie got lavished by gifts on her sixteenth
birthday.
Revelry
Definition: Noisy merrymaking; festivity
POS: N
Sentence from story: “In that revelry amid his throng of friends
who would imagine a single for though a strong foe indeed-…”
Own sentence: Midnight, during the New Years party, there
was revelry that woke up cranky neighbors.
Restitution
Definition: Making good for loss or damage, repayment
POS: N
Sentence from story: “As for ourselves, we’ll make restitution of
wine and meat consumed, and add, each one, a tithe of twenty
oxen with gifts of bronze and gold to warm your heart.”
Own sentence: Tom was pulled over for littering and had to pay
restitution by serving on a road crew and cleaning up the
highway.