Directions: Below you will find several vocabulary words from The Odyssey. You are to find each word in the text, write out the word in context, find and write the correct definition (based on context) and then write a sentence of your own containing the vocabulary word and at least one context clue. Highlight the vocab word and underline the context clue(s). Examples are given below:
(Example)
Plunder(ed) (line 2) (v): to take goods by force
“…driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy.”
The pirates plundered the village, stealing food and valuables from its helpless inhabitants.
Book One
1.
Harangue(d) (n) 36
2.
Exult(ed) (v) 96
3.
Suitor (n) 107
Books 2 and 3
4.
Reparation(s) (noun) 80
5.
Pernicious (adj.) 290
Book 4
6.
Burnish(ed) (adj.) 663
7.
Slake(d) (v) 650
Books 5 and 6
8.
foil(ed) (verb) 161
9.
chide(d) (verb) 200
10.
flay(ed) (verb) 470
11.
blithe (adj) 50
Book 9
12.
Gouge (verb) 500
13.
Mete (verb) 610
Book 11
14.
Stealth (noun) 130
15.
Ignominious (adj) 460
Books 12 and 13
16.
Scourge (noun or verb) 130
17.
Ignoble (adj) 430
Books 15 and 16
18.
Pensive (adj.) 200
19.
Magnanimous (adj.) 280
Books 18 and 19
20.
Deft (adj.) 17
21.
Evanescent (adj.) 633
Books 20 and 21
22.
Wily (adj.) 30
23.
Sardonic (adj.) 330
24.
Mawkish (adj.) 90