The Odyssey Vocabulary
for Books I, II, V, VI
The following words should be defined in your vocabulary sections. Books I and II were
provided by me on the reading question sheets. Books V and VI were generated by you and
tracked on your “Mark My Words” bookmarks as you read.
Book I
comrade, suave, marshal (v.), exult(ed), mortified, moor (v.), uncanny, court (v.), conscientious,
flights of birds, Argive, Acheans, Pallas (from Pallas Athena)
Book II
squandered, recoil, reparation, guile, pernicious, redolent, vigilance, solemn, Furies
Book V
nymph (154), sceptered (152), brine (166), ordeal (152), chaste (156), ambrosia (159), wretched
(164), esteemed (166)
Book VI
assail (169), beguiled (170), blithe (169), retinue (171), rapt (173), yoke [not like an egg] (171),
precinct (176), onslaught, toil
The Odyssey Vocabulary
for Books I, II, V, VI
The following words should be defined in your vocabulary sections. Books I and II were
provided by me on the reading question sheets. Books V and VI were generated by you and
tracked on your “Mark My Words” bookmarks as you read.
Book I
comrade, suave, marshal (v.), exult(ed), mortified, moor (v.), uncanny, court (v.), conscientious,
flights of birds, Argive, Acheans, Pallas (from Pallas Athena)
u
Book II
squandered, recoil, reparation, guile, pernicious, redolent, vigilance, solemn, Furies
Book V
nymph (154), sceptered (152), brine (166), ordeal (152), chaste (156), ambrosia (159), wretched
(164), esteemed (166)
Book VI
assail (169), beguiled (170), blithe (169), retinue (171), rapt (173), yoke [not like an egg] (171),
precinct (176), onslaught, toil