Moritz * English 101
Vocabulary 2-1 Odyssey
I. The Odyssey
1. beguile (
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2. sheer ( ):
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3. foreboding (
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4. brazen ( ):
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5. hecatomb (
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6. serried (
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7. promontory (
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8. maelstrom (
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9. briskly (
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10. travail (
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11. blanch (
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12. anguish (
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13. insidious (
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14. supplication (
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II. Across the Curriculum
15. instantaneous (
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16. acceleration (
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Moritz * English 101
Vocabulary 2-1 Odyssey Fill-in
Name:______________________________
I. Sentence Fill-in
1. A shark’s teeth are very sharp, numerous, and have a jam-packed,
____________________ appearance.
2. After my dog died, I was in a state of ____________________.
3. Ancient Greeks may perform a ____________________ in which they would kill one
hundred oxen as a sacrifice towards a god.
4. Cars that have an ____________________ of zero to sixty in less than 3 seconds are not
typical, ordinary cars.
5. Do not ____________________ your little brother by offering him candy for doing your
chores.
6. I have great ____________________ about whether I will pass this test or not because I
didn’t study very well.
7. In order to lose weight, one needs to walk ____________________.
8. It happened all at once in an ____________________ moment. One moment, the soldier
was walking down the road, and in the next he was on his back looking at the clouds.
9. Muhammad Ali was a boxer with a lot of attitude who was very ____________________
in the news and towards his adversaries.
10. On the beach there is a ____________________ that juts out high over the water.
11. Recently, there was a ____________________ of precipitation that slammed the
northeast with over 3 feet of snow.
12. Seeing the blood caused her to feel faint and made her face ____________________.
13. The fabric was very ____________________ and looked as though it would rip easily.
14. The king expected everyone to bow in ____________________ when they met him.
15. The villain was ____________________, sneaky, and tried to hurt the hero many times.
16. Through many hardships and ____________________, we finally arrived home.
Word Bank
_____ acceleration
_____ anguish
_____ beguile
_____ blanch
_____ brazen
_____ briskly
_____ foreboding
_____ hecatomb
_____ insidious
_____ instantaneous
_____ maelstrom
_____ promontory
Synonyms
A. brave
B. charm
C. fear
D. hardship
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F.
G.
H.
Antonyms
L. blush
M. deceleration
N. happiness
O. slowly
humility
instantly
peninsula
slaughter
_____ serried
_____ sheer
_____ supplication
_____ travail
I. sneaky
J. tightly-packed
K. tumult
P. thick