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Odyssey Vocabulary
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9th Grade
11/06/2007

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Travail
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Noun- agony
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Blanch
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Verb- to become pale or white
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Grapple
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Noun- a grip or clutch
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Appease
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Verb- to satisfly; relieve
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Application
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Noun- the act of applying
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Insidious
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Adjective- 1. treacherous. 2. stealthy.
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Entrails
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Plural Noun- the internal organs of a human or animal
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Overweening
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Adjective- overbearing
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Restitution
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Noun- the making good or paying for damage or loss
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Forestay
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Noun- a rope supporting the front mast of a ship
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Suffice
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Verb- to be enough
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Maudlin
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Adjective- tearfully sentimental
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Carriage
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Noun- the manner of bearing the body; posture
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Renowned
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Adjective- famous
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Suppliant
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Noun- a beggar
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Implacable
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Adjective- 1. incapable of being calmed. 2. Unforgiving
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Hone
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Verb- to sharpen on a hard stone
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Throes
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Plural Noun- a condition of painful struggle
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Hew
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Verb- to make or shape by cutting with an ax
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Abyss
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Noun- any bottomless depth or empty space
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