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Enhance Your Vocabulary: Key Words from "The Odyssey" and Their Meanings

Explore essential vocabulary from the context of "The Odyssey." This guide introduces words like 'plunder,' meaning to rob or steal, and 'dispatch,' which refers to completing a task quickly. You'll learn to 'assuage' your worries, recognize the 'bereft' feeling of loss, and understand 'ardor' as passionate eagerness. Discover the cleverness of 'insidious' tactics, the bravery described as 'valor,' and the traits of a 'brazen' individual. Finally, delve into calming words like 'tranquil.' Enrich your language skills with this collection!

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Enhance Your Vocabulary: Key Words from "The Odyssey" and Their Meanings

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  1. Context Clues The OdysseyVocabulary

  2. Plunder • When they attacked the unsuspecting village, the pirates plundered food, gold and jewels from the people. • What does plunder mean?

  3. Plunder • To Rob or Steal

  4. Dispatch • The man quickly dispatches any spiders because he knows his wife is afraid of them. • What does dispatch mean?

  5. Dispatch • To complete a task or job quickly

  6. Assuage • The mother assuaged her crying baby by giving him his pacifier. • What does assuage mean?

  7. Assuage • To Calm or Soothe

  8. Bereft • When the man found out his brother was dead, he was bereft of his senses and punched through a wall. • What does bereft mean?

  9. Bereft • Deprived

  10. Ardor • The young man, who wanted to be a doctor, approached his biology class with passion and ardor because he knew he needed to understand it. • What does ardor mean?

  11. Ardor • Eagerness

  12. Insidious • The insidious Spartans used the Trojan Horse to trick Troy into letting them through the city gates. • What does insidious mean?

  13. Insidious • Tricky or Deceptive

  14. Valor • In 300, the brave Spartan warriors fought with valor despite being seriously outnumbered. • What does valor mean?

  15. Valor • Heroic Courage

  16. Detain • The student was detained for 40 minutes after school because he was tardy to class 3 times. • What does detain mean?

  17. Detain • To keep under custody

  18. Brazen • The brazen man boldly bragged that he had robbed twenty different stores and gotten away with it. • What does brazen mean?

  19. Brazen • Shameless

  20. Tranquil • It was very tranquil and relaxing at the spa where the woman went to calm her nerves. • What does tranquil mean?

  21. Tranquil • Calm and Peaceful

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